Damage to the right insula disrupts the perception of affective touch

Damage to the right insula disrupts the perception of affective touch

Specific, peripheral C-tactile afferents contribute to the perception of tactile pleasure, but the brain areas involved in their processing remain debated. We report the first human lesion study on the perception of C-tactile touch in right hemisphere stroke patients (N = 59), revealing that right p...

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Main Authors: Louise P Kirsch, Sahba Besharati, Christina Papadaki, Laura Crucianelli, Sara Bertagnoli, Nick Ward, Valentina Moro, Paul M Jenkinson, Aikaterini Fotopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-01-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
affective touch
CT system
insula
interoception
lesion mapping
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/47895

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