Touch perceptions across skin sites: differences between sensitivity, direction discrimination and pleasantness

Human skin is innervated with different tactile afferents, which are found at varying densities over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity and discrimination differ across the skin. Tactile pleasantness was assessed by stroking a soft brush over the...

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Main Authors: Ackerley, Rochelle, Carlsson, Ida, Wester, Henric, Olausson, Håkan, Backlund Wasling, Helena
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Neuroscience
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928539/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600368
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00054
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