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

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 stimulat...

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Main Authors: Irene ePerini, India eMorrison, Håkan eOlausson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
fMRI
interoception
CT afferents
affective touch
seeking behavior
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00008/full

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