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Touch thresholds for the application of a nylon thread stimulus to the skin were 6–10 times higher than the thresholds for detecting the subsequent removal of the stimulus. This indicates that, contrary to some other reports, the direction of displacement of the skin may indeed affect the touch threshold.
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1. This research was supported in part by the following grants to Robert H. Gibson: National Science Foundation, grant No. GB-3268, National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, grant No. NB-06304, and Health Research and Services Foundation, grant No. I-11.
2. Space Research and Coordination Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, 1966–67.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03327833.
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Sticht, T.G., Gibson, R.H. Touch thresholds as a function of onset and offset stimulation. Psychon Sci 8, 255–256 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331648
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