Enhanced tactile acuity through mental states.
Scientific Reports August 27, 2015 Sebastian T Philipp, Tobias Kalisch, Thomas Wachtler et al.
Bodily training typically evokes behavioral and perceptual gains, enforcing neuroplastic processes and affecting neural representations. We investigated the effect on somatosensory perception of a three-day Zen meditation exercise, a purely mental intervention. Tactile spatial discrimination of the right index finger was persistently improved by only 6 hours of mental-sensory focusing on this...