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SMCF: Lect 5 Hand functions 2
Hand functions 2
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Undergraduate 3
09/09/2010

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We can discrimination up to ... mm on our finger
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0.3mm
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There are 4 types of receptors in glaborus skin, the one found between the epidermal and dermal layers are known as the....
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merkel complexes
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Physcophysics is ...
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quantifying perception and relating it to the physical stimulus

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The fixed finger machine test (physcophysics) that tests perception (mechanoreceptors) is able to tell us about ...
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judge the grip force, the curvature of the object and its position on the skin and are able to make fine discriminations in these parameters.

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The merkel complexes work on a population scale: The really work to provide us with 3 types of informaton ....
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Shape(curvature), position and force.
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As curvature increases (becomes more pointy) ...
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Impulses increase
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As position goes further (left right) from merkel...
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Impulses decrease
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As force (N) increases ...
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Impulses increase
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accurate and unambiguous information is present only in neural populations or networks not in individual neural responses. True or false

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true
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