Quantitative assessment of pleasant touch

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-203

  Essick, Greg K ^a   McGlone, Francis ^b,c   Dancer, Chris ^b   Fabricant, David ^d   Ragin, Yancy ^d   Phillips, Nicola ^b   Jones, Therese ^b   Guest, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body sites; Pleasantness; Somatosensation; Texture; Touch force; Touch hedonics; Touch velocity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BODY SURFACE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN STIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLEASURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350573461     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.02.003     Document Type: Review

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