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Pleasant touch moderates the subjective but not objective aspects of body perception

Un-myelinated C tactile afferents (CT afferents) are a key finding in affective touch. These fibers, which activate in response to a caress-like touch to hairy skin (CT afferents are not found in palm skin), may have more in common with interoceptive systems encoding body ownership, than afferent sy...

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Autores principales: Lloyd, Donna M., Gillis, Victoria, Lewis, Elizabeth, Farrell, Martin J., Morrison, India
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391563
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00207