Abstract
Herbert Hensel was interested in understanding both the philosophical and psychological implications of his research into sensory physiology. His studies were therefore long concerned with the psychophysics as well as the neural basis of skin sensations (see, e.g., Hensel 1952).
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Järvilehto, T. (1990). Neural Basis of Cold Sensation. In: Bligh, J., Voigt, K., Braun, H.A., Brück, K., Heldmaier, G. (eds) Thermoreception and Temperature Regulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75076-2_12
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