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TREMULOUSNESS - THE PERCEPTION OF TREMOR IN MAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2001

M. LAKIE  and
N. COMBES
M. LAKIE
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
N. COMBES
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Neuroscience Centre, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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Abstract

The thresholds for detection of a tremor-like movement are described. Detection is poorest at frequencies which correspond to natural tremor. The results are in accord with the failure of persons often to notice that their hands are tremulous.

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Rapid Communications
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Experimental Physiology , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 807 - 810
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© The Physiological Society 1999

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