['Somatosensory temporal discrimination was recently reported as prolonged during migraine attacks, which is consistent with disrupted sensorial perception in migraine. However, knowledge about central sensory processing in tension-type headache is still lacking. This prospective, controlled study aimed to investigate somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds in tension-type headache.', 'The study included 10 tension-type headache patients, 10 migraine patients and 10 healthy volunteers without headache. Somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds were evaluated during the headache attacks of tension-type headache and migraine patients.', 'Somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds of tension-type headache patients (39.0\u2009±\u20095.5\u2009ms for the right hand and 40.6\u2009±\u20094.6\u2009ms for the left hand) were significantly lower than those of episodic migraine patients (137.1\u2009±\u200935.8\u2009ms for the right hand and 118.4\u2009±\u200934.3\u2009ms for the left hand, p\u2009<\u20090.0001 and p\u2009<\u20090.0001 respectively), and comparable to those of healthy volunteers (38.6\u2009±\u20095.3\u2009ms for the right hand and 38.3\u2009±\u20097.2\u2009ms for the left hand, p\u2009=\u20090.79 and p\u2009=\u20090.45 respectively).'] Does somatosensory temporal discrimation remain intact in tension-type headache whereas it is disrupted in migraine attacks?