Study provides a new understanding of the neuroscience mechanisms that make some parts of the body so sensitive to touch.
Using minimally invasive brain implants, researchers evoked the sense of touch in patients who had lost tactile sensations. The technique could be used to restore tactile sensations to those with paralysis and neuropathy.
Study points to the evolutionary and developmental similarities between sensory cells in the inner ear and skin.
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··3 min readCombining deep learning algorithms with robotic engineering, researchers have developed a new robot able to combine vision and touch.
Adding a BCI that evokes tactile sensations makes it easier for users to manipulate and use robotic arm prosthetics.
Sensory neurons in the fingertips are able to detect tactile stimuli at the scale of a single fingerprint ridge.
Study identifies specific neurons that help activate sensory processing in nearby nerve cells. The findings suggest ways the brain integrates signals essential for tactile perception and learning.
Using hydroxy-α-sanshoo, a bioactive compound of Szechuan pepper, researchers gain new insight into how the brain detects and perceives touch.
Study identifies where different cells associated with triggering sensorimotor reflexes are located in the spinal cord.
Study reveals grammar is evident and widespread in communication based on tactile interaction. The findings reveal that if one or more linguistic channel is unavailable, such as hearing or vision, structures will find another way to create formal categories.
Skin-to-skin contact between a parent and newborn reduces how strongly a baby's brain responds to pain.
Study reveals people touch the areas of their partner's body that mirror the parts of their body they enjoy having touched. A strong correlation was also drawn between touch and gaze, suggesting the parts of the body people like to be touched on aligned closely to those they liked to be looked at.
