Millisecond Precision Spike Timing Shapes Tactile Perception

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 32; no. 44; pp. 15309 - 15317
• Main Authors: Mackevicius, Emily L., Best, Matthew D., Saal, Hannes P., Bensmaia, Sliman J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 31.10.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Algorithms; Animals; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Electrophysiological Phenomena; Female; Form Perception - physiology; Humans; Macaca mulatta; Male; Neurons, Afferent - physiology; Physical Stimulation; Primates; Psychophysics; Skin - innervation; Touch Perception - physiology; Vibration; Young Adult

In primates, the sense of touch has traditionally been considered to be a spatial modality, drawing an analogy to the visual system. In this view, stimuli are encoded in spatial patterns of activity over the sheet of receptors embedded in the skin. We propose that the spatial processing mode is comp...