Tactile and Sensory Interactions

Frequency selective encoding of substrate vibrations in the somatosensory cortex

The paper shows that mouse somatosensory cortex neurons encode substrate vibration frequencies through spike rate tuning, unlike primate vibrotactile responses.

Coding of whisker motion across the mouse face

The paper investigates how whisker motion is encoded by mechanoreceptors across different facial regions in mice, finding that whisker mechanoreceptors provide the best encoding, with additional contributions from other facial regions.

High-dimensional representation of texture in the somatosensory cortex of primates

The paper investigates how texture is represented in the somatosensory cortex of primates by analyzing neural responses to natural textures.

Semantic coding in the occipital cortex of early blind individuals

This study investigates whether the visual cortex of early blind individuals codes for word meaning by comparing neuronal activity during a semantic decision task using MEG between blind and sighted participants.

Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography

The paper uses intraneural microstimulation combined with MEG to study cortical responses to touch afferents, finding consistent beta rhythm modulation in primary somatosensory cortex.

Distinctive interaction between cognitive networks and the visual cortex in early blind individuals

The paper shows that early blind individuals have visual cortex activation during cognitive tasks, which integrates into specific brain networks with distinct functional roles.

Human Navigation Without and With Vision - the Role of Visual Experience and Visual Regions

The paper investigates how visual and non-visual navigation recruit retinotopic brain regions, showing that these regions can be used for navigation even without vision, and that visual experience is not required for this recruitment.

Different neural networks for conceptual retrieval in sighted and blind reveal the experiential bases of knowledge.

The paper investigates how visual deprivation affects conceptual retrieval by comparing neural activity in early-blind and sighted individuals during a perceptual similarity task.

Recruitment of occipital cortex by arithmetic processing follows computational bias in early blind

The paper shows that early blind individuals show increased occipital cortex activation during subtraction, suggesting reorganized regions take on computational roles related to auditory spatial processing.

Sensitive period for cognitive repurposing of human visual cortex

The paper investigates whether cognitive repurposing of visual cortex occurs across the lifespan or is restricted to sensitive periods, finding it is limited to congenital blindness.

Sensitivity to Affective Touch Depends on Adult Attachment Style

This study examines how adult attachment styles influence the perception of affective touch and interoception, finding that insecure attachment reduces pleasantness discrimination of affective touch.

Somatosensory responses to nothing: an MEG study of expectations during omission of tactile stimulations

This study uses MEG to investigate somatosensory expectations during tactile stimulation omission, finding neural responses to expected omissions and identifying brain regions involved in expectation timing and prediction.

Edge orientation perception during active touch

This study investigates edge orientation perception during active touch, finding similar acuity to passive touch and a weak speed-performance link within participants.

Specialized mechanoreceptor systems in rodent glabrous skin

The paper identifies specialized mechanoreceptors in rodent glabrous skin, finding higher density and unique sensitivity in forepaw compared to hind paw.

\"Visual\" Cortices of Congenitally Blind Adults Respond to Executive Demands

The paper shows that in congenitally blind adults, 'visual' cortices respond to executive demands, mirroring fronto-parietal patterns and suggesting top-down reorganization.

A Sensory Processing Hierarchy for Thermal Touch: Thermal Adaptation Occurs Prior to Thermal-Tactile Integration

The paper investigates thermal referral (TR) to determine the hierarchy of thermal touch processing, finding that thermal adaptation occurs before thermal-tactile integration.

Motor cortex can modulate somatosensory processing via cortico-thalamo-cortical pathway

This study shows that motor cortex modulates somatosensory processing through a cortico-thalamo-cortical pathway, with thalamic circuits playing a key role in tactile suppression.

Limitations of compensatory plasticity: the organization of the primary sensorimotor cortex in foot-using bilateral upper limb dysplasics

The paper investigates brain plasticity in individuals born without hands, finding that primary sensorimotor cortex shows limited reorganization based on compensatory foot use, while association cortex exhibits functional reorganization.

White matter connectivity between occipital and temporal regions involved in face and voice processing in hearing and early deaf individuals.

This study examines structural connectivity changes in the face-voice system in early deaf individuals compared to hearing controls, finding preserved macrostructural connections but altered microstructural properties.

Neural network models of the tactile system develop first-order units with spatially complex receptive fields

This study shows that neural network models of the tactile system develop first-order units with spatially complex receptive fields across various architectures and training sets, improving performance in noisy conditions.

Normalization models of contextualized touch

The paper investigates bimanual touch by analyzing how tactile cue combination varies with attended stimulus features and proposes divisive normalization models to explain these patterns.

Fast and accurate edge orientation processing during object manipulation

This study shows participants can quickly and accurately perceive edge orientation during object manipulation, with resolution better than 3 degrees and performance remaining high even with small edges.

Socio-affective touch expression database

The paper introduces a database of socio-affective touch expressions and validates them through experiments on naturalness and affective values.

Stretching the skin of the fingertip creates a perceptual and motor illusion of touching a harder spring

The paper investigates how artificial skin-stretch affects stiffness perception and grip force adjustment, finding a linear relationship between stretch amplitude and perceptual illusion.

Neuronal populations in the occipital cortex of the blind synchronize to the temporal dynamics of speech

This study shows that occipital cortex in early blind individuals synchronizes with speech acoustic fluctuations and has altered connectivity related to speech intelligibility.

Task demands affect spatial reference frame weighting during tactile localization in sighted and congenitally blind adults

This study shows that task demands influence how sighted and congenitally blind adults integrate anatomical and external spatial information during tactile localization.

Visual experience shapes the neural networks remapping touch into external space

The paper shows that visual experience influences how the brain remaps touch to external space, with congenitally blind individuals showing different neural activity patterns during hand posture changes.

Functional Preference For Object Sounds But Not For Voices In The Occipito-Temporal Cortex Of Early Blind Individuals

The paper investigates how early blind individuals process object sounds and voices in the occipito-temporal cortex, finding distinct activation patterns for object sounds that extend into occipital regions.

Learning And Recognition Of Tactile Temporal Sequences By Mice And Humans

This study investigates how mice and humans learn and recognize tactile temporal sequences by comparing their performance in a task involving modulated noise patterns.

Functional selectivity for face processing in the temporal voice area of early deaf individuals

The paper shows that early deaf individuals exhibit enhanced face processing in the auditory cortex, which typically handles voice processing in hearing people.