Though the sense of touch underlies how we and most other animals interact with the world around us, much remains unknown ...

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Active touch can be thought of as grabbing something with your hand, while passive touch would be something brushing against you. Mice, as well as many other animals, use their whiskers to sense ...

THE ease and efficiency of establishing active immunity against tetanus is universally acknowledged. In groups fifty years of age and over, especially in females, greater efforts must be made by ...

Summary: Touch is a vital sense, yet the brain processes active and passive touch using distinct pathways. In mice, researchers found that different regions of the thalamus—the brain’s sensory ...

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Using EEG, researchers measured the brain responses of 30 neurotypical adults and 29 adults with autism as they participated in active and passive touch tasks. To measure active touch ...