We are the Somatosensation & Gargalesis Lab, led by Dr. Konstantina Kilteni. Our research focuses on understanding how we perceive touch (somatosensation) and tickle (gargalesis). In particular, we want to know why we perceive touch that is produced by our own movements different from the touch of other people, and how the brain best supports this distinction. We are also interested in understanding what makes touch ticklish and why our brain does not allow to tickle ourselves.
To answer our questions, we perform behavioral and neuroimaging experiments with healthy participants.
We are based at the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Department at the Donders Institute and the Neuroscience Department at the Karolinska Institute.
