The human somatosensory system: From perception to decision making

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-97

  Pleger, Burkhard ^a,b   Villringer, Arno ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Social touch; Somatosensory decision making; Somatosensory perception

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P40; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875914613     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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