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    Tactual sensations on the skin carry spatial information ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Haptic perception of an object is truly perceptual, whereas tactual sensation on one's skin is not.

    Tactual sensations on the skin carry spatial information about location, pressure distribution, and texture across a bodily surface.

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    • 1.Two-point discrimination tests show skin can distinguish spatial separation, proving localization capacity exists.
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    • 2.Pressure mapping demonstrates the skin's receptive fields encode location and force magnitude simultaneously.
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    • 3.Patients with intact touch but damaged proprioception can still navigate space via skin sensation alone.
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    • 1.Raw skin sensations lack inherent spatial content; the brain constructs spatial meaning through learned interpretation.
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    • 2.Phantom limb sensations show spatial touch perception persists without actual bodily surface, undermining location claims.
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    • 3.Texture discrimination relies on temporal patterns and movement, not static spatial information on skin.
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