Open AccessInfants discriminate the source of social touch at stroking speeds eliciting maximal firing rates in CT-fibers
Author(s) -
Marie Aguirre,
Auriane Couderc,
Justine Epinat-Duclos,
Olivier Mascaro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
developmental cognitive neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.662
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1878-9307
pISSN - 1878-9293
DOI - 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100639
Subject(s) - psychology , sensory stimulation therapy , tactile stimuli , audiology , stimulation , heart rate , interpersonal communication , developmental psychology , communication , neuroscience , sensory system , medicine , blood pressure , radiology
Highlights• Infants’ cardiac response to touch varies depending on its social source. • This effect occurs only for velocities yielding maximal firing rates in CTs. • Infants’ responses to touch do not just depend upon its mechanical properties.
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