Touch is a unique channel in affect conveyance. A significant aspect of this uniqueness is
that the relation of touch to affect is immediate, without the need for symbolic encoding and …

The brain transforms physical sensory stimuli into meaningful perceptions. In animals
making choices about sensory stimuli, neuronal activity in successive cortical stages reflects …

Many studies have investigated the perception of tactile pleasantness over a range of
stroking velocities. On average, pleasantness is low at slow (eg 0.3 cm/s) and fast (eg 30 …

The human skin is innervated by a network of thin, slow-conducting afferent (C and Aδ)
fibers, transmitting a diverse range of information. Classically, these fibers are described as …

The cutaneous senses are traditionally thought to comprise four recognized submodalities
that relay tactile, thermal, painful and pruritic (itch) information to the central nervous system …

The somatosensory system decodes a wide range of tactile stimuli and thus endows us with
a remarkable capacity for object recognition, texture discrimination, sensory-motor feedback …

Studies conducted in rodents indicate a crucial role of the opioid circuit in mediating
objective hedonic reactions to primary rewards. However, it remains unclear whether opioid …

Previous studies suggested that the observation of other individuals' somatosensory
experiences also activates brain circuits processing one's own somatosensory experiences …

How Do You Feel? brings together startling evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and
psychiatry to present revolutionary new insights into how our brains enable us to experience …

A comprehensive systems overview of sensory and reward processing in the brain, this book
explores what reward processing can teach us about the senses and what sensory …