The perception of touch is complex and there has been a lack of ways to describe the full
tactile experience quantitatively. Guest et al. developed a Touch Perception Task (TPT) in …

Human skin is innervated with different tactile afferents, which are found at varying densities
over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity …

Highlights•Perception is inherently multisensory, and tactile perception is no
exception.•Sensory-discriminative and affective touch influenced by other senses.•To date …

Un-myelinated C tactile afferents (CT afferents) are a key finding in affective touch. These
fibers, which activate in response to a caress-like touch to hairy skin (CT afferents are not …

The processing of hedonic aspects of touch, namely affective touch, is associated with the
activation of C-Tactile (CT) fibers. CTs were thought to be present only in hairy skin, with …

Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging studies in two rare patients, together with
microneurography and psychophysical observations in healthy subjects, have demonstrated …

The tactile sense comprises pathways for both discriminative and affective touch. Low
threshold unmyelinated mechanoafferents (C tactile, CT) in the human hairy skin have …

C-tactile (CT) afferents were long-believed to be lacking in humans, but these were
subsequently shown to densely innervate the face and arm skin, and to a lesser extent the …

Touch is central to interpersonal interactions. Touch conveys specific emotions about the
touch provider, but it is not clear whether this is a purely socially learned function or whether …

Caress-like touch is thought to rely on C-tactile (CT) fiber signaling. Here, the arousing and
emotional effects of CT-optimal touch were assessed via participants' skin conductance level …