Tactile Cues Significantly Modulate the Perception of Sweat-induced Skin Wetness 1 Independently of the Level of Physical Skin Wetness 2 Tactile Cues and Sweat-induced Skin Wetness Perception 10

Tactile cues significantly modulate the perception of sweat-induced skin wetness 1 independently of the level of physical skin wetness 2 Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon Hodder, George Havenith 3 4 Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough 5 University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK 6 Thermal Sciences Laboratory, Oxylane Research, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59665, France 7 8 Running head: 9 Tactile cues and sweat-induced skin wetness perception 10 11 Corresponding author: 12 Davide Filingeri, Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, 13 Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom 14 E-mail: [email protected] 15 Phone: +44 (0)1509 223022 16 17 Author contributions: 18 Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon Hodder and George Havenith conception and 19 design of research; Davide Filingeri performed experiments and analyzed data; Davide 20 Filingeri and George Havenith interpreted results of experiments; Davide Filingeri prepared 21 figures and drafted manuscript; Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon Hodder and 22 George Havenith edited and revised manuscript; Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon 23 Hodder and George Havenith approved final version of manuscript. 24 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (April 15, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00141.2015