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The world within reach is characterised to a large extent by our ability to sense objects through touch. Research into the sensation of touch has a long history. However, it is only relatively recently that significant advances have been made in understanding how information about objects we touch is represented in both the peripheral and central divisions of the nervous systems. This volume draws together the increasing body of knowledge regarding the mechanisms underlying tactile sensation and how they relate to tactile perception. Individual chapters address; the response of mechanorece

Neuropathology --- Touch --- Neurophysiology. --- Somesthesia. --- Bodily sensation awareness --- Body consciousness --- Body sense --- Sense, Body --- Somaesthesia --- Somatesthesia --- Somatic sensation --- Somesthesis --- Senses and sensation --- Nervous system --- Neurobiology --- Physiology --- Feeling --- Haptic sense --- Haptics --- Tactile perception --- Tactual perception --- Somesthesia --- Physiological aspects.