Hebbian plasticity

Modulating the response of the primary somatosensory cortex with a novel Paired Associative Stimulation protocol

In the last few years, the existence of a Tactile Mirror System in the human brain has been hypothesized: in this system, the same cortical areas implicated in tactile perception, namely the primary somatosensory cortex (S1), also respond to the mere observation of tactile events.

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