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Interpersonal touch suppresses visual processing of aversive stimuli

Social contact is essential for survival in human society. A previous study demonstrated that interpersonal contact alleviates pain-related distress by suppressing the activity of its underlying neural network. One explanation for this is that attention is shifted from the cause of distress to inter...

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Autores principales: Kawamichi, Hiroaki, Kitada, Ryo, Yoshihara, Kazufumi, Takahashi, Haruka K., Sadato, Norihiro
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/PMC4389358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25904856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00164