# How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others

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**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-our-brains-distinguish-between-self-touch-and-touch-by-others/1665 "2019-01-21T22:20:39Z")\
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> **[How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190121153646.htm)**
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> Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch it ourselves, according to a new study. The finding increases our understanding of how the brain distinguishes between being touched by another person and self-touch.

  
Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch it ourselves, according to a new study. The finding increases our understanding of how the brain distinguishes between being touched by another person and self-touch.