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Two equal areas of normal and frostbitten human skin were compared for their punctate sensitivity to warmth, cold, touch, and pressure. The frostbitten tissue was characterized by a decreased sensitivity to the cold stimulus and by a tendency for warm and touch stimuli to elicit reports of pain from the S. There appeared to be no differences in pressure sensitivity between the normal and damaged tissue. Some implications of the data for somesthetic sensitivity in general are mentioned.
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Colavita, F.B., Bingaman, S., Devos, D. et al. Punctate sensitivity of normal and frostbitten skin. Psychon Sci 8, 401–402 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332261
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