TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Touch PY - 2014 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition AB - Active and Passive Touch Evoke Similar Responses in MechanoreceptorsThe Hand Has Four Types of MechanoreceptorsReceptive Fields Define the Zone of Tactile SensitivityTwo-Point Discrimination Tests Measure Texture PerceptionSlowly Adapting Fibers Detect Object Pressure and FormRapidly Adapting Fibers Detect Motion and VibrationBoth Slowly and Rapidly Adapting Fibers Are Important for Grip ControlTactile Information Is Processed in the Central Touch SystemCortical Receptive Fields Integrate Information from Neighboring ReceptorsNeurons in the Somatosensory Cortex Are Organized into Functionally Specialized ColumnsCortical Columns Are Organized SomatotopicallyTouch Information Becomes Increasingly Abstract in Successive Central SynapsesCognitive Touch Is Mediated by Neurons in the Secondary Somatosensory CortexActive Touch Engages Sensorimotor Circuits in the Posterior Parietal CortexLesions in Somatosensory Areas of the Brain Produce Specific Tactile DeficitsAn Overall View SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101679560 ER -