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Tactile perception: beyond the somatotopy of the somatosensory cortex

Azanon Gracia, Elena and Longo, Matthew R. (2019) Tactile perception: beyond the somatotopy of the somatosensory cortex. Current Biology 29 (9), R322-R324. ISSN 0960-9822.

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Abstract

New research demonstrates systematic errors of tactile localisation, involving confusions of body parts and body sides. Such errors do not follow the organisation of topographic maps in somatosensory cortex, suggesting that tactile localisation involves coding of abstract features of limbs.

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Item Type: Article
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
Depositing User: Matthew Longo
Date Deposited: 13 May 2019 13:34
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2025 10:12
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/27417

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