Temperature perception on the hand during static versus dynamic contact with a surface

• Published in: Attention, perception & psychophysics Vol. 71; no. 5; pp. 1185 - 1196
• Main Author: Green, Barry G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.07.2009; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Climate; Cognitive Psychology; Cold; Female; Forearm - innervation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hand - innervation; Hand Strength - physiology; Heat; Humans; Inhibition; Male; Motor Activity - physiology; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Neurological disorders; Nociceptors - physiology; Perception; Proprioception. Interoception. Pain perception; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychophysics; Referral; Sensory Thresholds - physiology; Skin; Skin - innervation; Spatial Ability; Stimulation; Stimuli; Tactile perception; Thermosensing - physiology; Touch - physiology; Thermal Sensation; Menthol; Tactile Stimulation; Dynamic Contact; Contact Suppression; Human; Nociception; Tactile sensitivity; Temperature; Body temperature; Perception; Experimental study; Hand; Comparative study; Contact; Surface

Innocuous cooling or heating of the forearm can evoke nociceptive sensations, such as burning, stinging, and pricking ( low-threshold thermal nociception , LTN), that are inhibited by dynamic contact. In the present study, I investigated whether LTN can also be perceived on the hand, and if so, whet...