Tactile localization entails the transformation of the initial skin-based location into an
external reference frame that accounts for body posture and subsequent flexible integration …

According to current textbook knowledge, the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) supports
unilateral tactile representations, whereas structures beyond SI, in particular the secondary …

The processing of touch depends of multiple factors, such as the properties of the skin and
type of receptors stimulated, as well as features related to the actual configuration and …

Cutaneous sensation is vital to controlling our hands and upper limbs. It helps close the
motor control loop by informing adjustments of gras** forces during object manipulations …

This paper reviews proposals that conscious perception consists, in whole or part, of
successive discrete temporal frames on the sub-second time scale, each frame containing …

Touch is bound to the skin–that is, to the boundaries of the body. Yet, the activity of neurons
in primary somatosensory cortex just mirrors the spatial distribution of the sensors across the …

The way that we interact with the environment on a daily basis is inherently multisensory.
Even a simple task such as judging the location of a light in a dark room depends not only …

Congenitally blind infants are not only deprived of visual input but also of visual influences
on the intact senses. The important role that vision plays in the early development of …

The somatosensory system is fundamental to the formation and maintenance of coherent
mental representations of the human body. Traditional concepts of somatosensation have …

Arriving in the outside world, the newborn infant has to determine how the tactile stimulation
experienced in utero relates to the spatial environment newly offered up by vision, hearing …