Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents
Springer | Neuroscience | November 15, 2016 | ISBN-10: 149396416X | 430 pages | pdf | 14.4 mb
Editors: Olausson, H., Wessberg, J., Morrison, I., McGlone, F. (Eds.)
Summarizes the nascent field of research in CT afferents, a nontraditional field of study in contrast to the widely focused research on touch's more tractable discriminative and haptic properties
Focuses on the role of CT afferents in relation to coding tactile sensation and affective neuroscience
One-of-a-kind multidisciplinary overview on the current research of CT afferents, spanning from the micro level (genes) to the macro level (social interactions)