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. 2010 Jul 27;20(14):R604-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.012.

Touch perception: how we know where we are touched

Tobias Heed  1
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Touch perception: how we know where we are touched

Tobias Heed. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The brain localizes touch not only on the skin, but also in three-dimensional space. A new study links behavioral findings in humans with neurophysiological findings in monkeys and suggests a model of how recoding from skin to space may be accomplished.

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