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Article Dans Une Revue Current Biology - CB Année : 2014

Touch improvement at the hand transfers to the face

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The hand–face border is one of the most prominent features of the primate somatosensory cortex. A reduction of somatosensory input, following amputation or anesthesia, induces perceptual changes across this border that are explained by plastic competitive mechanisms [1,2,3,4]. Whether cross-border plasticity can be induced by learning processes relying on increased somatosensory input has been unclear. Here we report that training-independent learning [5] improves tactile perception, not only at the stimulated index finger, but also at the unstimulated face. These findings demonstrate that learning-induced tactile improvement can cross the hand–face border, suggesting that facilitation-based plasticity may operate in the healthy human brain.
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hal-04460191 , version 1 (15-02-2024)

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Dollyane Muret, Hubert R Dinse, Silvia Macchione, Christian Urquizar, Alessandro Farnè, et al.. Touch improvement at the hand transfers to the face. Current Biology - CB, 2014, 24 (16), pp.R736-R737. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.021⟩. ⟨hal-04460191⟩
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