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Evidence for tactile 3D shape discrimination by octopus
Octopuses integrate visual, chemical and tactile sensory information while foraging and feeding in complex marine habitats. The respective roles of...
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Disentangling sensory precision and prior expectation of change in autism during tactile discrimination
Predictive coding theories suggest that core symptoms in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may stem from atypical mechanisms of perceptual inference...
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Testing individual variations of horses’ tactile reactivity: when, where, how?
Tactile perception is involved in a variety of contexts (adaptations to climatic conditions, protection of the body against external dangers…) and is...
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Trichoblastomas derived from the facial skin with tactile hair in aged house musk shrews (Suncus murinus)
BackgroundBenign hair follicle tumors are relatively rare cutaneous neoplasms arising from hair follicle differentiation. These tumors are...
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Supplemental vibrissal extensions as an alternative to improve the tactile sensitivity of blind dogs – a preliminary approach investigation
ObjectiveThis preliminary study suggests a way to artificially extend vibrissae of blind dogs to assist ambulation and avoiding facial contact with...
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Induced Stress and Tactile Stimulation Applied to Primiparous does and their Consequences on Maternal Behavior, Human-Animal Relationships, and Future Offspringˊs Sexual Disorders
The aim of this study was to investigate whether tactile stimulation in rabbits during the gestation phase improve the maternal behavior and...
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Disorder-specific alterations of tactile sensitivity in neurodevelopmental disorders
Alterations of tactile processing have long been identified in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)....
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Ventral wing hairs provide tactile feedback for aerial prey capture in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
Bats rely on their hand-wings to execute agile flight maneuvers, to grasp objects, and cradle young. Embedded in the dorsal and ventral membranes of...
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A Noninvasive Electrophysiological Investigation of Tactile Sensitivity in Cyprinid Fish (Cyprinidae)
AbstractTactile reception in cyprinid fish (silver crucian carp Carassius auratus gibelio and common carp Cyprinus carpio ) was investigated by...
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Spectral hallmark of auditory-tactile interactions in the mouse somatosensory cortex
To synthesize a coherent representation of the external world, the brain must integrate inputs across different types of stimuli. Yet the mechanistic...
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Localizing the Puke Button of Grasshoppers: Tactile Stimulation of Different Body Regions Influences the Regurgitation Response of Schistocerca Serialis Cubense (Orthoptera)
Regurgitation behavior is a defense strategy present in several insect orders where herbivorous prey may acquire secondary noxious metabolites from...
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Gestural communication in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
Gestures play a central role in the communication systems of several animal families, including primates. In this study, we provide a first...
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Co-option of epidermal cells enables touch sensing
The epidermis is equipped with specialized mechanosensory organs that enable the detection of tactile stimuli. Here, by examining the differentiation...
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Multimodal communication and audience directedness in the greeting behaviour of semi-captive African savannah elephants
Many species communicate by combining signals into multimodal combinations. Elephants live in multi-level societies where individuals regularly...
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Mother-offspring chemical communication and tadpole aggregation in a neotropical foam-nesting frog
Communication during parental care is important in the context of offspring defence and parent-offspring recognition. In aquatic environments,...
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Eggshell texture but not odor treatment affects model egg rejection in American robins (Turdus migratorius)
To curb fitness costs associated with obligate avian brood parasitism, some hosts have evolved to reject foreign eggs in the nest. American robins ( Tu...
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The functional anatomy of elephant trunk whiskers
Behavior and innervation suggest a high tactile sensitivity of elephant trunks. To clarify the tactile trunk periphery we studied whiskers with the...
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Contact chemoreception in multi-modal sensing of prey by Octopus
Octopuses have keen vision and are generally considered visual predators, yet octopuses predominantly forage blindly in nature, inserting their arms...
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Learning and navigating digitally rendered haptic spatial layouts
Learning spatial layouts and navigating through them rely not simply on sight but rather on multisensory processes, including touch. Digital haptics...
