A new perceptual paradigm to investigate the visual remapping of others’ tactile sensations onto one’s own body shows "mirror touch" for the hands

The last two decades have seen a multitude of publications showing the activation of an observer's somatosensory cortical system during the observation of touch on another person. Behavioural demonstrations of mirror touch, however, have been slow in coming forward, and have so far primarily be...

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Main Author: Helge eGillmeister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00095/full