The Effect of Age on Neural Processing of Pleasant Soft Touch Stimuli

The Effect of Age on Neural Processing of Pleasant Soft Touch Stimuli

Tactile interactions with our environment stimulate afferent fibers within the skin, which deliver information about sensations of pain, texture, itch and other feelings to the brain as a comprehensive sense of self. These tactile interactions can stimulate brain regions involved in interoception an...

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Main Authors: April C May, Jennifer L Stewart, Martin P Paulus, Susan F Tapert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Touch
adolescence
development
fMRI
Reward
adolescents
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00052/full

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