Quantitative Modeling of Cutaneous Type I Receptors
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This project is concerned with the understanding of the function and            structure of a particular cutaneous mechanoreceptor.  A model of how            mechanical pressure on the skin is sensed with respect to spatial and           temporal stimuli will be developed.  This will be achieved by applying          information theoretic methods to study stimulus feature extraction.             The results of this work should be relevant to sensory disabled people,         e.g., blind or hearing impaired, who could achieve necessary sensory            information using skin receptors as an alternate sensory channel.               Other research groups are active in the area of tactile displays so the         information from this project could be important to the accomplishment          of better sensory substitution.
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