The skin is our largest sensory organ and innervated by afferent fibers carrying tactile
information to the spinal cord and onto the brain. The density with which different classes of …

The multimodal properties of the human somatosensory system continue to be unravelled.
There is mounting evidence that one of these submodalities—touch—has another …

The human startle response is a sensitive, noninvasive measure of central nervous system
activity that is currently used in a wide variety of research and clinical settings. In this article …

CT (C tactile) afferents are a distinct type of unmyelinated, low-threshold mechanoreceptive
units existing in the hairy but not glabrous skin of humans and other mammals. Evidence …

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 …

Unmyelinated afferents constitute a second system coding tactile stimuli of the human hairy
skin. Impulses were recorded from unmyelinated afferents innervating the forearm skin of …

Facial movements support a variety of functions in human behavior. They participate in
automatic somatic and visceral motor programs, they are essential in producing …

To document the activity of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the glabrous skin of the foot
sole, tungsten microelectrodes were inserted through the popliteal fossa and into the tibial …

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 …

In this presentation, I will give a concise overview of several important methodological
aspects of recording facial EMG signals as an index of affective states. In addition, several …