Volitional Control of Piloerection: Objective Evidence and Its Potential Utility in Neuroscience Research
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DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00590
Abstract: The volitional control of piloerection has been previously reported in a small subset of individuals. Although this ability may be useful to study the mechanism underlying piloerection, there is little existing research on this ability,… read more here.
Keywords: research; study; objective evidence; piloerection ... See more keywords
The voluntary control of piloerection
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5292
Abstract: Autonomic nervous systems in the human body are named for their operation outside of conscious control. One rare exception is voluntarily generated piloerection (VGP)—the conscious ability to induce goosebumps—whose physiological study, to our knowledge, is… read more here.
Keywords: control piloerection; control; voluntary control; ability ... See more keywords