afferent

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From a scientific perspective, warm social contact activates specialised C-tactile afferents and temperature-sensitive pathways that send signals to the insular cortex.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

Stroking the forearm, rich in type C afferents, lit up social brain areas in the controls, but stroking the palm, which contains predominantly type A nerve fibers, had no such effect.

From Science Magazine • May 29, 2019

Norms governing touch are headed to a place where they can cause harm, says McGlone, who studies C-tactile afferents, the nerve fibers that respond to gentle touch.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2019

"There was evidence to suggest that C-tactile afferents can be activated in babies and that slow, gentle touch can evoke changes in brain activity in infants," said Prof Slater.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2018

One set, the afferents, bring in sensation, all kinds of tidings, from the out world of matter.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville