Discriminative touch and emotional touch.

Somatic sensation comprises four main modalities, each relaying tactile, thermal, painful, or pruritic (itch) information to the central nervous system. These input channels can be further classified as subserving a sensory function of spatial and temporal localization, discrimination, and provision...

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Main Authors: McGlone, F, Vallbo, AB, Olausson, H, Loken, L, Wessberg, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007