The dual nature of touch has long been understood. The sense of touch seems to carry
information at the same time about the external object touching our skin, and also about our …

This review addresses the role of early sensory areas in the awareness of tactile information
in humans. The results of recent studies dealing with this important topic are critically …

Perception of our own bodies is based on integration of visual and tactile inputs, notably by
neurons in the brain's parietal lobes. Here we report a behavioural consequence of this …

Tactile discrimination performance depends on the receptive field (RF) size of
somatosensory cortical (SI) neurons. Psychophysical masking effects can reveal the RF of …

Viewing the body can improve tactile perception. We investigated whether this could be due
to a remodeling of somatosensory cortical areas during vision of the body. Single‐pulse …

This review discusses how visual and the tactile signals are combined in the brain to ensure
appropriate interactions with the space around the body. Visual and tactile signals converge …

According to current textbook knowledge, the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) supports
unilateral tactile representations, whereas structures beyond SI, in particular the secondary …

The sense of proprioception allows us to keep track of our limb posture and movements and
the sense of touch provides us with information about objects with which we come into …

The processing of touch depends of multiple factors, such as the properties of the skin and
type of receptors stimulated, as well as features related to the actual configuration and …

The brain representation of the body, called the body schema, is susceptible to plasticity. For
instance, subjects experiencing a rubber hand illusion develop a sense of ownership of a …