"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.593.894
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| Concept/Terms |
Touch Perception- Touch Perception
- Perception, Touch
- Perceptions, Touch
- Touch Perceptions
- Tactile Perception
- Perception, Tactile
- Perceptions, Tactile
- Tactile Perceptions
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Touch Perception".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Touch Perception" by people in this website by year, and whether "Touch Perception" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Touch Perception" by people in Profiles.
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Population encoding of observed and actual somatosensations in the human posterior parietal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 07; 122(1):e2316012121.
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Feeling senseless sensations: a crossmodal EEG study of mismatched tactile and visual experiences in virtual reality. J Neural Eng. 2024 Oct 29; 21(5).
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Conductive block copolymer elastomers and psychophysical thresholding for accurate haptic effects. Sci Robot. 2024 06 12; 9(91):eadk3925.
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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.
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Aβ-CT Affective Touch: Touch Pleasantness Ratings for Gentle Stroking and Deep Pressure Exhibit Dependence on A-Fibers. eNeuro. 2023 05; 10(5).
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A hierarchical sensorimotor control framework for human-in-the-loop robotic hands. Sci Robot. 2023 05 17; 8(78):eadd5434.
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High-fidelity encoding of mechanostimuli by tactile food-sensing neurons requires an ensemble of ion channels. Cell Rep. 2023 05 30; 42(5):112452.
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S1 represents multisensory contexts and somatotopic locations within and outside the bounds of the cortical homunculus. Cell Rep. 2023 04 25; 42(4):112312.
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A touch-based multimodal and cryptographic bio-human-machine interface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 12; 119(15):e2201937119.
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Vicarious ratings of social touch the effect of age and autistic traits. Sci Rep. 2021 09 29; 11(1):19336.