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																		 Touch Perception
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Touch Perception" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				The process by which the nature and meaning of tactile stimuli are recognized and interpreted by the brain, such as realizing the characteristics or name of an object being touched.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D055698 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | F02.463.593.894 |  
						| Concept/Terms | Touch PerceptionTouch PerceptionPerception, TouchPerceptions, TouchTouch PerceptionsTactile PerceptionPerception, TactilePerceptions, TactileTactile Perceptions
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 | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch Perception" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Reddy NA, Clements RG, Brooks JCW, Bright MG. Simultaneous cortical, subcortical, and brainstem mapping of sensory activation. Cereb Cortex. 2024 06 04; 34(6).
								Charbonneau JA, Santistevan AC, Raven EP, Bennett JL, Russ BE, Bliss-Moreau E. Evolutionarily conserved neural responses to affective touch in monkeys transcend consciousness and change with age. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 30; 121(18):e2322157121.
								Shelton SK, Rice JD, Knoepke CE, Matlock DD, Havranek EP, Daugherty SL, Perman SM. Examining the Impact of Layperson Rescuer Gender on the Receipt of Bystander CPR for Women in Cardiac Arrest. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Apr; 17(4):e010249.
								Reddan MC, Young H, Falkner J, L?pez-Sol? M, Wager TD. Touch and social support influence interpersonal synchrony and pain. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2020 11 10; 15(10):1064-1075.
								L?pez-Sol? M, Geuter S, Koban L, Coan JA, Wager TD. Brain mechanisms of social touch-induced analgesia in females. Pain. 2019 09; 160(9):2072-2085.
								Michaelson SD, Ozkan ED, Aceti M, Maity S, Llamosas N, Weldon M, Mizrachi E, Vaissiere T, Gaffield MA, Christie JM, Holder JL, Miller CA, Rumbaugh G. SYNGAP1 heterozygosity disrupts sensory processing by reducing touch-related activity within somatosensory cortex circuits. Nat Neurosci. 2018 12; 21(12):1-13.
								Crommett LE, Madala D, Yau JM. Multisensory perceptual interactions between higher-order temporal frequency signals. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2019 Jul; 148(7):1124-1137.
								Sawyer EE, McDevitt AW, Louw A, Puentedura EJ, Mintken PE. Use of Pain Neuroscience Education, Tactile Discrimination, and Graded Motor Imagery in an Individual With Frozen Shoulder. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 03; 48(3):174-184.
								Puts NAJ, Harris AD, Mikkelsen M, Tommerdahl M, Edden RAE, Mostofsky SH. Altered tactile sensitivity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. J Neurophysiol. 2017 11 01; 118(5):2568-2578.
								Collins KL, Guterstam A, Cronin J, Olson JD, Ehrsson HH, Ojemann JG. Ownership of an artificial limb induced by electrical brain stimulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 01 03; 114(1):166-171. | 
																	
																		
																			
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