Periodic Reporting for period 3 - ARTTOUCH (Generating artificial touch: from the contribution of single tactile afferents to the encoding of complex percepts, and their implications for clinical innovation)

How do the receptors in your skin respond to the touch of silk or a drop of rain? Our touch system plays an essential role in how we discriminate between different surfaces and objects, which allows us to interact effortlessly with our surroundings. We readily distinguish...