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Skin stimulation, objects of perception, and the blind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Barry Hughes
Barry Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Research Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. b.hughes@auckland.ac.nzhttp://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/staff/Hughes/Barry.htm
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Abstract

The model developed in the target article is not as comprehensive as might be desired on two counts: (1) in that how the transition from proximal stimulation at the skin gives rise to the perception of external objects is taken for granted; and (2) in that another population of participants, the blind, constitute an important group from which we can understand somatosensory processing and neural plasticity.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 212 - 213
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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