# How the brain responds to texture

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-the-brain-responds-to-texture/1929>\
**Category:** Research Database\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-the-brain-responds-to-texture/1929 "2019-03-13T16:31:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-the-brain-responds-to-texture/1929/1 "2019-03-13T16:31:28Z")

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> **[How the brain responds to texture: Neurons respond to a variety of features of...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190208124705.htm)**
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> New research by neuroscientists shows that as neurons process information about texture from the skin, they each respond differently to various features of a surface, creating a high-dimensional representation of texture in the brain.

  
New research by neuroscientists shows that as neurons process information about texture from the skin, they each respond differently to various features of a surface, creating a high-dimensional representation of texture in the brain.