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Tactile Coding

Tactile Coding is a neurobiological process within somatosensory systems that transforms mechanical stimuli from the skin into spatially and temporally structured patterns of neural activity, distinguishing it from other sensory coding mechanisms by its specific encoding of touch-related features such as pressure, texture, vibration, and edge orientation through dedicated mechanoreceptor pathways and cortical representations.

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Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans

Line S. Löken, Johan Wessberg, India Morrison et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2009 · 1.1K citations

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Properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the human hand related to touch sensation.

Å. B. Vallbo, Roland S. Johansson · PubMed · 1984 · 931 citations

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Flow of Cortical Activity Underlying a Tactile Decision in Mice

Zengcai V. Guo, Nuo Li, Daniel Huber et al. · Neuron · 2013 · 810 citations · Full text

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Ventral Intraparietal Area of the Macaque: Congruent Visual and Somatic Response Properties

Jean‐René Duhamel, Carol L. Colby, Michael E. Goldberg · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1998 · 789 citations · Full text

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Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

Sharlene N. Flesher, Jennifer L. Collinger, Stephen T. Foldes et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2016 · 751 citations

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    Sliman J. Bensmaı̈a

    University of Chicago, United States

    19 publications · 2.5K citations

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    James C. Craig

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    13 publications · 571 citations

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    Patrick Haggard

    University College London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 852 citations

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    Mathew E. Diamond

    Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Ranulfo Romo

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    9 publications · 423 citations

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  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    19 h-index

    44 publications

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  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    16 h-index

    54 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    48 publications

    3.7K citations

  5. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    13 h-index

    37 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    521 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    813 citations

  8. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

    Trieste, Italy

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    3.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 59 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

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  3. Perception & Psychophysics

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Experimental Brain Research

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