An Attempt to Demonstrate Contralateral Masking in Pressure Adaptation

Abstract

Adaptation to punctate pressure Stimulation of the ring finget (test stimulus) was studied under conditions of more intense contralateral stimulation of homologous or non-homologous loci (masking stimuli). Contrary to expectation, the temporally contiguous masking stimulus did not affect adaptation time to the test stimulus. This finding was discussed in terms of other tactile masking studies and electrophysiological investigations of the somatosensory system.