Effect of Continuous Touch on Brain Functional Connectivity Is Modified by the Operator’s Tactile Attention

Touch has been always regarded as a powerful communication channel playing a key role in governing our emotional wellbeing and possibly perception of self. Several studies demonstrated that the stimulation of C-tactile afferent fibers, essential neuroanatomical elements of affective touch, activates...

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Main Authors: Francesco Cerritelli, Piero Chiacchiaretta, Francesco Gambi, Antonio Ferretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00368/full