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Seeking pleasant touch: neural correlates of behavioral preferences for skin stroking

Affective touch is a dynamic process. In this fMRI study we investigated affective touch by exploring its effects on overt behavior. Arm and palm skin were stroked with a soft brush at five different velocities (0.3, 1, 10, 3, and 30 cm s(−1)), using a novel feedback-based paradigm. Following stimul...

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Autores principales: Perini, Irene, Olausson, Håkan, Morrison, India
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25698948
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00008