Viewing a Face (Especially One's Own Face) Being Touched Enhances Tactile Perception on the Face.

A study was conducted to examine in synaesthetes a behavioral outcome of the mirrorlike activity in the somatosensory system due to observation of touch and to determine whether this effect was particular to observing touch on a part of the human body rather than a nonbody target. Data were obtaine...

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Published in:	Psychological Science. Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 434 - 439
Main Authors:	Serino, Andrea, Pizzoferrato, Francesca, Làdavas, Elisabetta
Format:	Article
Published:	HWW Temp May 2008
Subjects:	Synesthesia Brain function localization Touch Face
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost