Posture and Tactile Distance 1 RUNNING HEAD: Posture and Tactile Distance Hand Posture Modulates Perceived Tactile Distance
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CATEGORICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE BODY 1 RUNNING HEAD: CATEGORICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE BODY Categorical perception of tactile distance
The tactile surface forms a continuous sheet covering the body. And yet, the perceived distance between two touches varies across stimulation sites. Perceived tactile distance is larger when stimuli cross over the wrist, compared to when both fall on either the hand or the forearm. This effect could reflect a categorical distortion of tactile space across body-part boundaries (in which stimuli ...
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