C-tactile

Yasuko has produced a huge number of tutorials using acupressure and similar methods to improve mood and health.

This one turned out to be surprisingly effective:

Is C-Tactile proper science? Yes. Exactly.

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The human equivalent to the C-LTMRs are called C-tactile afferents. The C-tactile afferents, which exist exclusively in hairy skin, respond optimally to a slow, light stroking (1–10 cm/s) delivered at skin temperature. Stroking the skin at faster and slower velocities decreases the firing frequency. The characteristics of C-tactile optimal stroking correspond to a human-to-human caress, and the firing frequency is correlated with subjective ratings of perceived pleasantness. Taken together, the main role of these nerve fibers appears to be the moderation of the affective experience of touch.

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Other mammals use tongues instead of fingers, with the same calming effect. Note especially the moderation of the affective experience. When mammals don’t get the C-tactile experience, every touch is sharply perceived as a possible threat.

High-contact societies like Brazil and Africa are calmer and happier and less addictive because everyone is casually smoothing out everyone else’s threat response. Low-touch societies like US and Northern Europe are hypersensitive to everything, which is the way our rulers want us.

This part of the nervous system is NOT represented in conventional learning. I’ve made courseware for a neurology text, and I’ve animated the OTHER skin sense organs. This hair follicle system was not discussed in the text or illustrations.