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Somatosensory Perception

Somatosensory Perception is the neurobiological process by which the nervous system detects, transduces, and interprets tactile, proprioceptive, nociceptive, and thermal stimuli from the body surface and internal tissues to generate conscious sensory experiences relevant to bodily integrity and environmental interaction.

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SOMATIC MOTOR AND SENSORY REPRESENTATION IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF MAN AS STUDIED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION

Wilder Penfield, Edwin Boldrey · Brain · 1937 · 4.2K citations

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Sensations and Brain Processes

J. J. C. Smart · The Philosophical Review · 1959 · 1.5K citations

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On the Rate of Growth of the Population of the United States since 1790 and Its Mathematical Representation

Raymond Pearl, Lowell J. Reed · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1920 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Four channels mediate the mechanical aspects of touch

Stanley J. Bolanowski, George A. Gescheider, Ronald T. Verrillo et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1988 · 922 citations

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Projecting sensations to external objects: evidence from skin conductance response

K. Carrie Armel, V. Ramachandran · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 860 citations · Full text

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  1. RK
    Ryusuke Kakigi

    National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

    47 publications · 2.4K citations

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    Patrick Haggard

    University College London, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Arno Villringer

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Hiroki Nakata

    National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

    19 publications · 851 citations

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    Ranulfo Romo

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    20 publications · 2.5K citations

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    52 h-index

    211 publications

    19.2K citations

  2. National Institute for Physiological Sciences

    Okazaki, Japan

    31 h-index

    218 publications

    10.7K citations

  3. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    29 h-index

    91 publications

    8.9K citations

  4. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    24 h-index

    76 publications

    9.8K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    24 h-index

    109 publications

    7.7K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    7.6K citations

  7. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    23 h-index

    96 publications

    9.9K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    76 publications

    6.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    79 publications · 9.4K citations

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  2. NeuroImage

    84 publications · 7.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 94 publications · 9K citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 105 publications · 10.7K citations

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