Thanks to @fMRI_guy for alerting me to a rookie mistake in my latest post! Correction coming laterhttps://twitter.com/fMRI_guy/status/599011923712036866 …
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Replying to @Neuro_Skeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic@fMRI_guy The penis has little tactile acuity https://plus.google.com/101046916407340625977/posts/aasw6GMHH9K …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf@Neuro_Skeptic Interesting, and odd. I don't think an N=1 experiment is enough for me in this case.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @fMRI_guy
@fMRI_guy@Neuro_Skeptic But what about the lack of shallow touch sensors?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DegenRolf
@fMRI_guy@Neuro_Skeptic "The human glans penis (supposedly most sensitive RD) has virtually no fine touch sensation" http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/cold-mcgrath/ …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf Same text: "While glans is protopathic, prepuce contains high concentration of touch receptors"@Neuro_Skeptic1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @fMRI_guy
@fMRI_guy@Neuro_Skeptic Protopathic means poorly localized, the text literally says1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf I know -- my point is that I understand the text in a way that limits this effect to the glans.@Neuro_Skeptic1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @fMRI_guy
@fMRI_guy@DegenRolf I agree with that reading, though it doesn't explicitly say that prepuce has a high acuity. Someone must know though?!3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Neuro_Skeptic
@Neuro_Skeptic@fMRI_guy In this study 2 point discrimination on penis was 13.4 mm (compare to ~0.8 mm on fingertip http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/192746511 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Neuro_Skeptic @fMRI_guy Thanks to Prof. Linden for this source
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Replying to @DegenRolf
@Neuro_Skeptic@fMRI_guy Another one, from Sandra Blakeslee, By the way, Penfield swept penises with a toothbrushpic.twitter.com/CCW5t4bMrj
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Replying to @DegenRolf
@DegenRolf@Neuro_Skeptic Interesting. In that case I'd expect increased cortical area in SII (which IIRC correlates w valence/relevance)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 2 more replies
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