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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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Autores principales: Ackerley, Rochelle, Carlsson, Ida, Wester, Henric, Olausson, Håkan, Backlund Wasling, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600368
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00054