The Scientist September Issue Examines Sense of Touch

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The Scientist September Edition 2012 Cover

Touch is basic to human life and intricately tied to our emotions.

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 31, 2012

Touch is the first sense perceived in the womb. It is basic to human life and intricately tied to our emotions. But compared to our other senses, comparatively little is known about the sense of touch.

The September issue of The Scientist reports on tactile perception with 6 articles that examine some of the more unusual approaches to researching the subject:

•     What can be learned about perception and behaviour by mapping the somatosensory cortex of the star-nosed mole—which sports a remarkable, star-like appendage surrounding its nasal openings and innervated by 100,000 sensory neurons;
•     How we are wired to respond to gentle, pleasurable touch, and why this type of tactile perception is so important;
•     The state of the art in incorporating a sense of touch in to upper-limb prostheses;
•     How animals as varied as jumping spiders and elephants use seismic vibrations to communicate
•     Why the discovery that deaf people often have various degrees of altered touch perception might be useful in determining treatment

Whether you read this issue by holding the magazine in your hand, pressing your mouse, or touching the screen of your tablet—you’ll come away with a new appreciation of this most complicated of senses.

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