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Cognitive neuroscientist Patrick Haggard on the Pacinian corpuscle, three attributes of the tactile sensations and how do we create a single coherent experience of what we touch.

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'The sense of touch is interesting because it allows us to investigate what are the very basic elements of our experience. How do we experience the outside world? What is it that we're conscious of when we're conscious? '

Patrick Haggard, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

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