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Passive touch evokes massive deactivation in the visual cortex with a unique activation in the lateral occipital cortex. Statistical parametric map for whole-body passive touch (all body parts versus baseline) is presented on inflated and flattened brain reconstructions. Following the tactile stimulation, most of the visual cortex was deactivated except a specific activation in the LOC.
