By Arnold J. Toynbee
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While spatially intensive cues dominate the judgment of roughness for surfaces with a periodicity in the range of ~1–3 mm,4,5 temporal frequency information likely contributes to the judgment of spatial © 2005 by Taylor & Francis Group. 6,8 Vibratory stimuli are also an essential feature of the percept of spatio-temporally varying information. 9-11 Although less commonly discussed, airborne media may also transmit high frequency information to the somatosensory system. 15 Airborne signals may be particularly important for animals that live in enclosed spaces such as tunnels, where sudden changes in air pressure or the interruption of air flow may indicate the entry of another animal into the system of tunnels or other important environmental changes.
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