A4.02

Two-point discrimination threshold and body-site differences

Cards in this group · 6

  1. A4.02.1Two-point discrimination threshold is smallest at the fingertip and largest on the trunk
  2. A4.02.2Multi-point tactile encoding is bounded above by this threshold
  3. A4.02.3Simultaneous versus successive application yields different two-point thresholds
  4. A4.02.4Dynamic scanning across a surface gives finer spatial resolution than static contact
  5. A4.02.5The fingertip threshold sets the physical lower bound for dense tactile codes such as braille
  6. A4.02.6Threshold differences across body sites jump discontinuously rather than forming a smooth gradient