Three types of experimental stimuli were used, tactile only (a), visuotactile (b), and visual only (c). Participants and partners (when needed) stood opposite each other and placed their heads against ...

Researchers used to believe that individual neurons were precisely tuned to respond to distinct types of touch. By studying rat whiskers, a team now finds that nearly all primary touch-sensitive ...

"[T]he results suggest robustly significant effects of diminished positive emotional experience in response to pleasant stimuli in people with schizophrenia and people at risk for psychosis." Riehle ...

Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...