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How Tactile Afferents in the Human Fingerpad Encode Tangential Torques Associated with Manipulation: Are Monkeys Better than Us?

Alastair J. Loutit, Heather E. Wheat, Heba Khamis, Richard M. Vickery, Vaughan G. Macefield and Ingvars Birznieks
Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023
Alastair J. Loutit
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Heather E. Wheat
6Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Heba Khamis
1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
3Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
4Bionics and Bio-robotics, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Vaughan G. Macefield
5Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
6Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
7Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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1Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
2School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
4Bionics and Bio-robotics, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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How Tactile Afferents in the Human Fingerpad Encode Tangential Torques Associated with Manipulation: Are Monkeys Better than Us?
Alastair J. Loutit, Heather E. Wheat, Heba Khamis, Richard M. Vickery, Vaughan G. Macefield, Ingvars Birznieks
Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023

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Journal of Neuroscience 31 May 2023, 43 (22) 4033-4046; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023
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