Perceptual uncertainty.
The number of the distinct tactile percepts exceeds the number of receptor types in the skin, signifying that perception cannot be explained by a one-to-one mapping from a single receptor channel to a corresponding percept. The abundance of touch experiences results from multiplexing (the coexistenc...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000430 |