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Some philosophers attempt to explain consciousness directly in neurophysiological or physical terms, while others offer cognitive theories of consciousness whereby conscious mental states are reduced to some kind of representational relation between mental states and the world.
Therefore, tactile consciousness refers to those aspects of the neural activity elicited by the presentation of tactile stimuli (i.e., any physical stimulus that gives rise to activation of at least one class of sensory receptors located in the dermis) on the participantsâ sensory receptive surface that can be reported explicitly.