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The voluntary control of piloerection

2018-03-01

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Autonomic 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 cause goosebumps – whose physiological study in scientific history is confined to three single-individual case studies. Almost nothing is known about the physiological nature and emotional correlates of this ability. The current ma...

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62bbdd9f-e448-5ca9-bb5d-626b1404df22
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10.7287/peerj.preprints.26594v1
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