The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation

by Vernon B. Mountcastle

The hand is an organ of considerable capability. With it we feel, point, and reach, we determine the texture and shape of objects we palpate, we emit and receive signs of approval, compassion, condolence, and encouragement, and, on a different register, rejection, threat, dislike, antagonism, and attack.

Vernon Mountcastle has devoted his career to studying the neurophysiology of sensation--the extended sensory surface, consisting of skin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674019741
• ISBN13: 9780674019744
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 3.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.2" x 9.5"