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Tactile sense has been investigated in neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive science, psychological physics and so on. These previous researchers have not examined higher order cognition and its mechanisms such as massage. In this chapter, we show our results on experiments about cognition of massage.

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  1. School of Informatics and Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

    Yasuhiro Suzuki

  2. Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

    Rieko Suzuki

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Suzuki, Y., Suzuki, R. (2014). Experiments Relating to Massage. In: Tactile Score. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54547-7_3

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