FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 27, 2015·3 min readBody Maps of Touch and Social Relationships are Tightly LinkedA new study reports on the connection between social relationships and touch.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 19, 2015·3 min readTickled Pink? Why Babies Don’t Experience Tickles the Way We Think They DoInfants in the first four months of life feel when people tickle them and wiggle their feet without connecting the sensation to that person, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 29, 2015·4 min readThe Brain Perceives Motion the Same Way Through Both Vision and TouchAccording to researchers, the brain uses similar calculations to measure the speed and direction of objects in motion whether they are visually perceived or touched.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2015·3 min readFeeling Touch with a Prosthetic HandResearchers report a person who has been paralyzed for more than a decade has become the first person to be able to 'feel' physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 21, 2015·3 min readUsing Optogenetics to Switch Off Tactile SensationAccording to a new study, researchers use optogenetic technology to manipulate neural circuitry and leave mice unable to sense rough or smooth surfaces.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 9, 2015·3 min readTouch Sensing Neurons are MultitaskersResearchers report touch and position information appear to be conveyed through the same cells in the somatosensory cortex.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·January 6, 2015·4 min readInternational Research Effort Gives Neuroscientists Better Feeling About Sense of TouchResearchers have linked a group of neurons to a specific type of somatosensation, helping heighten understanding about the sense of touch.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 9, 2014·4 min readPaying Attention Makes Touch Sensing Brain Cells Fire Rapidly and in SyncA new study takes a step closer to understanding how animals' thoughts and feelings affect their perception of external stimuli.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 4, 2014·5 min readScientists Identify Principal Protein Sensor for TouchResearchers have identified a mechanoreceptor protein which mediates the sense of touch in mammals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 22, 2014·4 min readNeuroscientists Challenge Long Held Understanding of the Sense of TouchResearchers challenge conventional thought and argue different types of nerves and receptors in the skin work in unison to produce the sensation of touch.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 6, 2014·3 min readMap of Pain Reveals How Our Ability to Identify the Source of Pain Varies Across the BodyResearchers map how pain is distributed across the body without touch sensation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 1, 2014·4 min readBy Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb LossDARPA's HAPTIX program seeks to provide amputees with natural touch sensations.Read More