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The skin as a social organ
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“…the social brain (Kaiser et al., 2016; Gordon et al., 2013; Björnsdotter and Olausson, 2011; Björnsdotter et al., 2009; Olausson et al., 2002, 2010), supporting the hypothesis that skin is a “social organ” (Olausson et al., 2002; Kaiser et al., 2016; McGlone et al., 2014; Löken and Olausson, 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Morrison, I., Löken, L. S., & Olausson, H.
- Venue
- Experimental Brain Research
- Published
- 2009-09-22
- Volume
- 204
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 305-314
- ISSN
- 0014-4819 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1106
- OpenAlex
- W2091193930
- Cited by
- 538
- References
- 101
- FWCI
- 4.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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