Tactile cues significantly modulate the perception of sweat-induced skin wetness independently of the level of physical skin wetness

Humans sense the wetness of a wet surface though the somatosensory integration of thermal and tactile inputs generated by the interaction between skin and moisture. However, little is known on how wetness is sensed when moisture is produced via sweating. We tested the hypothesis that, in the absence...

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Main Authors: Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon Hodder, George Havenith
Format: Default Article
Published: 2015
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Design not elsewhere classified
Skin
Tactile
Wetness
Sweating
Mechanoreceptors
Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/17515
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