The neuropsychophysiology of tingling

Tihanyi, Benedek T.; Ferentzi, Eszter; Beißner, Florian; Köteles, Ferenc

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2017.10.015

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“…Tactile sensation is considered to originate at the surface of the body. However, the modern view suggests that some skin-related modalities, such as affective touch, rely on interoception rather than on extraception ( A. D. Craig, 2015 ; Tihanyi et al, 2018 ). In addition, skin sensation is affected by cognitive processes such as attention, expectations, and verbal suggestions ( Bartels et al, 2014 ; Jensen et al, 2012 ).…”

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Dark, loud, and compact sounds induce frisson

Koumura

Nakatani

Liao

et al. 2020

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Frisson is characterized by tingling and tickling sensations with positive or negative feelings. However, it is still unknown what factors affect the intensity of frisson. We conducted experiments on the stimulus characteristics and individual’s mood states and personality traits. Participants filled out self-reported questionnaires, including the Profile of Mood States, Beck Depression Inventory, and Big Five Inventory. They continuously indicated the subjective intensity of frisson throughout a 17-min experiment while listening to binaural brushing and tapping sounds through headphones. In the interviews after the experiments, participants reported that tingling and tickling sensations mainly originated on their ears, neck, shoulders, and back. Cross-correlation results showed that the intensity of frisson was closely linked to the acoustic features of auditory stimuli, including their amplitude, spectral centroid, and spectral bandwidth. This suggests that proximal sounds with dark and compact timbre trigger frisson. The peak of correlation between frisson and the acoustic feature was observed 2 s after the acoustic feature changed, suggesting that bottom-up auditory inputs modulate skin-related modalities. We also found that participants with anxiety were sensitive to frisson. Our results provide important clues to understanding the mechanisms of auditory–somatosensory interactions.

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Dark, loud, and compact sounds induce frisson

Koumura

Nakatani

Liao

et al. 2020

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…On the other hand, focusing one’s attention on a body part can give rise to various “spontaneous sensations” without external stimulation. These attention-related sensations strongly depend on expectations and prior information (Tihanyi et al, 2018 ). In the present study, the “Lourdes water” suggestion implied possible somatic changes since water from the sanctuary has been linked with the healing of somatic illness.…”

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Placebo Effects in the Context of Religious Beliefs and Practices: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Study

Schienle

Gremsl

Wabnegger

2021

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Background: Placebos (inert substances or procedures) can positively influence a person’s psychological and physical well-being, which is accompanied by specific changes in brain activity. There are many different types of placebos with different effects on health-related variables. This study investigated placebo effects in the context of religious beliefs and practices. The participants received an inert substance (tap water) along with the verbal suggestion that the water would come from the sanctuary in Lourdes (a major Catholic pilgrimage site with reports of miracle cures). We investigated changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in three brain networks (default-mode, salience, cognitive control) associated with the drinking of the placebo water.Methods: A total of 37 females with the belief that water from the sanctuary in Lourdes has positive effects on their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being participated in this placebo study with two sessions. The participants drank tap water that was labeled “Lourdes water” (placebo) before a 15-min resting-state scan in one session. In the other (control) session, they received tap water labeled as tap water. The participants rated their affective state (valence, arousal) during the session and were interviewed concerning specific thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations directly after each of the two sessions.Results: The placebo reduced rsFC in the frontoparietal cognitive control network and increased rsFC in the salience network (insular-cerebellar connectivity). During the session, the participants rated their affective state as very pleasant and calm. The ratings did not differ between the two conditions. Immediately after the session, the participants reported increased intensity of pleasant bodily sensations (e.g., feelings of warmth, tingling) and feelings (e.g., gratefulness) for the “Lourdes water” condition.Conclusions: The present findings provide the first evidence that placebos in the context of religious beliefs and practices can change the experience of emotional salience and cognitive control which is accompanied by connectivity changes in the associated brain networks.

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“…Perceptual decision is a complex phenomenon that requires the interaction between past and current sensory information, 34 as the brain uses internal learned signals (past sensory experience) to guide detection of sensory stimuli 35 . In addition, attention‐related sensations strongly depend upon the subject's expectations and prior information 36 . Patients affected by painful TMD patients are often thought that their dental occlusion is responsible for the TMD, and this information not only may lead patients to excessively and negatively focus on their occlusion, but could also facilitate stimulus detection being more aware of their occlusion.…”

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Occlusal tactile acuity in temporomandibular disorder pain patients: A case‐control study

Bucci

Koutris

Palla

et al. 2020

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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Objective To compare the smallest thickness that can be perceived between occluding teeth (occlusal tactile acuity, OTA) of temporomandibular disorder pain (TMD‐P) patients with that of control (CTR) individuals. Methods Twenty TMD‐P patients (17 women and 3 men, mean age: 31.3 ± 10.4 years) diagnosed according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) protocol and 20 age‐ and gender‐matched controls (17 women and 3 men, mean age: 31.4 ± 10.5 years) were enrolled. The OTA was tested with 10 different thicknesses: 9 aluminium foils (8 µm‐72 µm with a constant increment of 8 µm) and 1 sham test (without foil), each thickness being tested 10 times in random order (100 tests in total). The participants were instructed to close their mouth once and to report whether they felt the foil between their molar teeth. A between‐group comparison (TMD‐P vs CTR) was performed for each testing thickness (analysis of variance for repeated measurements, with Bonferroni multiple correction) (P < .005). Results Significantly increased OTA was observed in the TMD‐P group for the thicknesses between 8 µm and 40 µm, while no significant differences were found for the sham test and for the larger thicknesses tested (from 48 µm to 72 µm). Conclusions TMD‐pain subjects presented an increased OTA as compared to controls.

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The neuropsychophysiology of tingling

Cited by 49 publications

References 160 publications

Dark, loud, and compact sounds induce frisson

Dark, loud, and compact sounds induce frisson

Placebo Effects in the Context of Religious Beliefs and Practices: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Study

Occlusal tactile acuity in temporomandibular disorder pain patients: A case‐control study

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