Advances in our understanding of brain function, along with the development of neural
interfaces that allow for the monitoring and activation of neurons, have paved the way for …

Artificial communication with the brain through peripheral nerve stimulation shows promising
results in individuals with sensorimotor deficits. However, these efforts lack an intuitive and …

Haptic perception uses signals from touch receptors to detect, locate, and mentally represent
objects and surfaces. Research from behavioral science, neuroscience, and computational …

The encoding of touch in the spinal cord dorsal horn (DH) and its influence on tactile
representations in the brain are poorly understood. Using a range of mechanical stimuli …

The somatosensory system decodes a range of tactile stimuli to generate a coherent sense
of touch. Discriminative touch of the body depends on signals conveyed from peripheral …

The primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) cortices play critical roles in motor control
but the signaling between these structures is poorly understood. To fill this gap, we recorded …

Perceiving substrate-borne vibrations is a fundamental component of tactile perception. How
location (somatotopy) and frequency tuning (tonotopy) of vibrations are integratively …

In recent decades, research on somatosensory perception has led to two important
observations. First, self-generated touches that are predicted by voluntary movements …

In mammals, action potentials fired by rapidly adapting mechanosensitive afferents are
known to reliably time lock to the cycles of a vibration. How and where along the ascending …

Somatosensory neuroprostheses restore, replace, or enhance tactile and proprioceptive
feedback for people with sensory impairments due to neurological disorders or injury …