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- •Temporal summation of second pain (TSSP) is linked to central sensitization.
- •Affective touch (AT) decreases TSSP, while discriminative touch does not.
- •Also, higher body awareness is linked with higher pain during discriminative touch.
- •The mechanisms underpinning AT could prove useful against chronic pain.
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Conflicts of Interest: This research has been supported by UEL Research Capital Fund. All authors declared no potential conflict of interest with respect, authorship, and\or publication of this article.