Why wet feels wet ? A neurophysiological model of human cutaneous wetness sensitivity 1
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Why wet feels wet? A neurophysiological model of human cutaneous wetness sensitivity 1 Davide Filingeri, Damien Fournet, Simon Hodder, George Havenith 2 3 Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough 4 University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK 5 Thermal Sciences Laboratory, Oxylane Research, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59665, France 6 7 Running head: 8 Neural pathways of cutaneous wetness sensitivity 9 10 Corresponding author: 11 Davide Filingeri 12 Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough 13 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 analysed 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 (June 18, 2014). doi:10.1152/jn.00120.2014
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