Representations of pleasant and painful touch in the human orbitofrontal and cingulate cortices.
The cortical areas that represent affectively positive and negative aspects of touch were investigated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) by comparing activations produced by pleasant touch, painful touch produced by a stylus, and neutral touch, to the left hand. It was found that re...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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