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Touch is a team effort: interplay of submodalities in cutaneous sensibility

Saal, Hannes P., Bensmaia, Sliman J.·2014·Trends in Neurosciences

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Traditionally, different classes of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents are ascribed different and largely non-overlapping functional roles (for example texture or motion) stemming from their different response properties. This functional segregation is thought to be reflected in cortex, where each neuron receives input from a single submodality. We summarize work that challenges this notion. First, while it is possible to design artificial stimuli that preferentially excite a single afferent class, most natural stimuli excite all afferents and most tactile percepts are shaped by multiple submodalities. Second, closer inspection of cortical responses reveals that most neurons receive convergent input from multiple afferent classes. We argue that cortical neurons should be grouped based on their function rather than on their submodality composition.

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Authors: Saal, H. P., & Bensmaia, S. J.
Affiliations: University of Chicago (US)
ORCID: Saal, Hannes P.
Venue: Trends in Neurosciences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-12
Volume: 37
Issue: 12
Pages: 689-697
ISSN: 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.08.012
OpenAlex: W2094721746
Cited by: 280
References: 107
Citations by year: 2026: 33 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 1
FWCI: 1.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords: cutaneous mechanoreceptors, tactile perception, afferent convergence, cortical neurons, functional segregation, texture perception, naturalistic stimuli, multisensory integration, somatosensory cortex
MeSH terms: Afferent Pathways, Brain Mapping, Humans, Mechanoreceptors, Neurons, Somatosensory Cortex, Touch

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