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two-point discrimination: a standalone construct

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Perception

the smallest distance at which two points touching the skin are felt as two, a measure of tactile spatial resolution.

In perception, two-point discrimination refers to the smallest distance at which two points touching the skin are felt as two, a measure of tactile spatial resolution. This meaning comes from Johnson (1981) in Journal of Neurophysiology.[1]

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References

Johnson, K. O., & Phillips, J. R. (1981). Tactile spatial resolution. I. Two-point discrimination, gap detection, grating resolution, and letter recognition. Journal of Neurophysiology, 46(6), 1177-1192. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1981.46.6.1177

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