The process by which the nature and meaning of tactile stimuli are recognized and interpreted by the brain, such as realizing the characteristics or name of an object being touched.
    

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Touch : the science of hand, heart, and mind / David J. Linden.

Touch / Tiffany Field.

Effects of variations in ambient temperature on certain measures of tracking skill and sensory sensitivity / by Roger W. Russell.

Feeling pleasures : the sense of touch in Renaissance England / Joe Moshenska.

The caring touch / John W. Pratt, Allen Mason.

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Touch Perception

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Touch : the science of hand, heart, and mind / David J. Linden.

Touch / Tiffany Field.

Effects of variations in ambient temperature on certain measures of tracking skill and sensory sensitivity / by Roger W. Russell.

Feeling pleasures : the sense of touch in Renaissance England / Joe Moshenska.

The caring touch / John W. Pratt, Allen Mason.