Attenuation of self-generated tactile sensations is predictive, not postdictive.

When one finger touches the other, the resulting tactile sensation is perceived as weaker than the same stimulus externally imposed. This attenuation of sensation could result from a predictive process that subtracts the expected sensory consequences of the action, or from a postdictive process that...

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Main Authors: Paul M Bays, J Randall Flanagan, Daniel M Wolpert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040028