Sensation and Perception
Touch Lab

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Touch Lab

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1. How do your results of skin mapping relate to the findings describe starting on page 415 (Regional Distribution of Cutaneous Sensitivity). Be specific.? How might these findings be related to receptives fields in the lemniscal and spinothalamic systems (see page 419)? (5 pts)

2. How does your experiment on object identification by touch relate to the work on haptic perception and tactual stereognosis (see page 431)? Be specific. Why is it important to "handle" the objects? (5 pts)