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    It is not the case that Tactual sensations on the skin carry spatial information about location, pressure distribution, and texture across a bodily surface.

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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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    • 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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