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The paper “A Neural Basis for the Sense of Flutter-Vibration” by Drs. Mountcastle, Talbot, Darian-Smith, and Kornhuber appeared in the February 3, 1967, issue of Science. The paper presented two functions relating sensitivity to frequency of a vibratory stimulus. One was a psychophysical function from human observers, the other a neural function from non-human primates. The two functions are both qualitatively and quantitatively similar (Mountcastle et al., 1967). The appearance of this paper for psychologists in general and for me in particular was very timely. In the mid-1960’s there was considerable discussion among psychologists about finding the neural basis for various behaviors such as learning, memory, emotions, and perception, and much speculation about how such a basis could be established. This paper set a standard in showing how to establish the neural basis for psychophysical and, more general, psychological responses
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Craig, J.C. (1991). Capacities and Limitations of Tactile Processing. In: Franzén, O., Westman, J. (eds) Information Processing in the Somatosensory System. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11597-6_2
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