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Featured Neuroscience

·August 11, 2025·7 min read

Touch-Processing Brain Layers Age Differently

Researchers found that the touch-processing region of the brain ages in a layered pattern, with some layers staying resilient while others thin over time. High-resolution MRI scans revealed that the middle and upper layers of the primary somatosensory cortex often remain stable or thicken with age, likely due to frequent sensory stimulation.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·April 15, 2025·7 min read

How Touch Processing Differs in Autism and Why It Matters

A new study reveals that adults with autism process active and passive touch similarly, unlike neurotypical individuals whose brains reduce activity during self-initiated touch. This finding may help explain repetitive behaviors like stimming, which are common in autism and can serve as emotional regulation or sensory coping mechanisms.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·October 21, 2022·4 min read

Listening to Music Through the Sense of Touch

A pioneering new prototype allows those with hearing loss to "listen" to music through the sense of touch.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 24, 2022·3 min read

How the Sounds We Hear Help Us Predict How Things Feel

Sensory systems in the brain are closely interconnected, with regions that respond to touch also involved when we listen to specific sounds connected to touching certain objects.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 13, 2020·3 min read

Gentle touch loses its pleasure in migraine patients

Migraine influences sensory function, specifically when it comes to tactile perception.

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Auditory Neuroscience Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology Visual Neuroscience

·June 28, 2018·13 min read

Living with Sensory Processing Disorder

Scientists are beginning to understand the neuroscience behind sensory processing disorder and are developing new therapies to help those with SPD.

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Featured Psychology

·October 10, 2017·3 min read

Children With ADHD Likely to Have Touch Processing Abnormalities

A new study in Journal of Neurophysiology reveals children with ADHD perform worse on tests of tactile functioning than those without the disorder.

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Featured Neuroscience

·January 10, 2017·3 min read

Musicians Have Faster Reaction Times

According to a new study, musicians have the edge when it comes to reaction times for auditory, visual and tactile processing.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·May 10, 2016·4 min read

Study Finds Visual and Tactile Processing Deficits in Schizophrenia

A new study reports some people with schizophrenia could have visual and tactile processing deficits.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 26, 2016·6 min read

Children With Sensory Processing Disorder Have Altered Pathways for Brain Connectivity

According to a new study, children with sensory processing disorder have differences in white matter tract compared to typically developing children.