Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP120101517
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The encoding of friction by tactile mechanoreceptors - the key to fingertip force control during dexterous object manipulation by humans. Unmatched human ability to control the hand so that brittle objects are gently held without slipping, or being crushed by excessive force rely on sophisticated tactile sense in the fingertips. This project will record and analyse signals which human nerves are sending from fingertip receptors to the brain centres controlling hand actions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2012
End Date: 12-2016
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $290,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | Sensory Systems | Neurosciences | Peripheral Nervous System
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
