ReviewJournal of neurophysiology2017
The biology of skin wetness perception and its implications in manual function and for reproducing complex somatosensory signals in neuroprosthetics.
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- Decoupling of hygromechanical stimuli without cross-interference enabled by distinct ion-electron charge transport.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Behaviour of a Harbour Seal (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Strain-Sensitive Thermochromic Smart Electronic Skin for Joint and Spine Healthcare Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Mitigating the Effects of Maternal Loss on Harbour Seal Pups in Captive Care.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The Role of Play in the Social Development of Grey Seal (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Thermal illusions for thermal displays: a review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Regional skin wetness perception and its modulation by warm and cold whole body skin temperatures in people with multiple sclerosis.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Article
- User-Interactive Thermotherapeutic Electronic Skin Based on Stretchable Thermochromic Strain Sensor.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020Article
- Subjective wet perception assessment of fabrics with different drying time.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Our perception of skin wetness is generated readily, yet humans have no known receptor (hygroreceptor) to signal this directly. It is easy to imagine the sensation of water running over our hands or the feel of rain on our skin. The synthetic sensation of wetness is thought to be produced from a combination of specific skin thermal and tactile inputs, registered through thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors, respectively. The present review explores how thermal and tactile afference from the periphery can generate the percept of wetness centrally. We propose that the main signals include information about skin cooling, signaled primarily by thinly myelinated thermoreceptors, and rapid changes in touch, through fast-conducting, myelinated mechanoreceptors. Potential central sites for integration of these signals, and thus the perception of skin wetness, include the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices and the insula cortex. The interactions underlying these processes can also be modeled to aid in understanding and engineering the mechanisms. Furthermore, we discuss the role that sensing wetness could play in precision grip and the dexterous manipulation of objects. We expand on these lines of inquiry to the application of the knowledge in designing and creating skin sensory feedback in prosthetics. The addition of real-time, complex sensory signals would mark a significant advance in the use and incorporation of prosthetic body parts for amputees in everyday life.
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