The Olausson Lab Human touch is a powerful way of evoking emotions. What is the functional significance of the system for ultrafast nociceptors that we recently discovered? How does the nervous system distinguish social and self-touch? Our lab is looking for answers.
Research about skin sensation gave insights into pain Håkan Olausson’s breakthrough research has partially upset the textbook description of the nervous system. His research group recently discovered a previously unknown component of the human pain-signalling system.
Håkan Olausson appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar Håkan Olausson has been appointed as a Wallenberg Clinical Scholar by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He receives SEK 15 million for his research into the clinical significance of a newly discovered ultrarapid pain-signalling system.
SEK 40 million for research in medicine and health Eight researchers at LiU have been awarded at total of SEK 40.2 million in the Swedish Research Council’s round of funding in medicine and the health sciences for 2019.
LiU researchers receive Wallenberg grants Two LiU researchers each receive around SEK 34 million for five years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Håkan Olausson is working on ultrafast pain signalling, while Feng Gao is developing new materials for solar cells.
Pain signalling in humans more rapid than previously known Pain signals can travel as fast as touch signals, according to a new study. The discovery of a rapid pain-signalling system challenges our current understanding of pain.
How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch it ourselves, according to a new study. The finding increases our understanding of how the brain distinguishes between being touched by another person and self-touch.
Latest publications generated through LiU DiVA 2023 Mattias Savallampi, Anne Maallo, Sumaiya Shaikh, Francis McGlone, Frederique J. Bariguian-Revel, Håkan Olausson, Rebecca Böhme (2023) Social Touch Reduces Pain Perception-An fMRI Study of Cortical Mechanisms Brain Sciences, Vol. 13, Article 393 Continue to DOI Lisa Radman, Andrew Wold, Kerstin Norman, Håkan Olausson, Magnus Thordstein (2023) Hand Function After an Electrical Accident-A Case-Control Study Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 65, p. 242-248 Continue to DOI Mats Svantesson, Håkan Olausson, Anders Eklund, Magnus Thordstein (2023) Get a New Perspective on EEG: Convolutional Neural Network Encoders for Parametric t-SNE Brain Sciences, Vol. 13, Article 453 Continue to DOI
Mattias Savallampi, Anne Maallo, Sumaiya Shaikh, Francis McGlone, Frederique J. Bariguian-Revel, Håkan Olausson, Rebecca Böhme (2023) Social Touch Reduces Pain Perception-An fMRI Study of Cortical Mechanisms Brain Sciences, Vol. 13, Article 393 Continue to DOI
Lisa Radman, Andrew Wold, Kerstin Norman, Håkan Olausson, Magnus Thordstein (2023) Hand Function After an Electrical Accident-A Case-Control Study Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 65, p. 242-248 Continue to DOI
Mats Svantesson, Håkan Olausson, Anders Eklund, Magnus Thordstein (2023) Get a New Perspective on EEG: Convolutional Neural Network Encoders for Parametric t-SNE Brain Sciences, Vol. 13, Article 453 Continue to DOI
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