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How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others

January 21, 2019 by

Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch it ourselves, according to a new study. The finding increases our understanding of how the brain distinguishes between being touched by another person and self-touch.

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