title: [Temporal and spatial representations of tactile sensation].
abstract: How does the brain encode "when" and "where" events that have occurred during tactile sensory processing? The simplest protocol to address this question would be asking participants to judge the temporal order of tactile stimuli delivered to both hands while varying their spatial relationship. In this review, I will focus on the illusion that the subjective temporal order of two tactile stimuli (one delivered to each hand) is reversed when the arms are crossed. By introducing recent findings related to this illusion, I will discuss how the temporal and spatial representations of tactile sensation interact with each other, and propose neural mechanisms potentially underlying this interaction.
authors.affiliation: Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST).
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception; D013998:Time Perception; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*