Pleasantness of touch in human glabrous and hairy skin: Order effects on affective ratings

Brain Research

Volumn 1417, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-15

  Löken, Line S ^a,b   Evert, Mika ^a   Wessberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective; C fiber; Human; Pleasant; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIRY SKIN; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TOUCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLEASURE; SKIN; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053260391     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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