Title : 1 Tactile orientation perception : an ideal observer analysis of human psychophysical 2 performance in relation to macaque area 3 b receptive fields

Authors: 4 Ryan M. Peters, Phillip Staibano, Daniel Goldreich 5 6 Affiliations: 7 Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University 8 School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia 9 McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery and Study 10 McMaster University Origins Institute 11 12 Running Head: 13 Tactile orientation discrimination 14 15 Correspondence: 16 Dr. Daniel Goldreich 17 Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour 18 McMaster University 19 1280 Main St. W. 20 Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 21 Email: goldrd@mcmaster.ca 22 23 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (September 9, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00631.2015