… In particular, we focus on the interoceptive facet of affective touch (ie subjective bodily … the
development of body representation. We conclude by proposing that affective touch constitutes …

… a themed issue on Body–brain interactions/affective touch … base for cognitive, affective and
physical development [28 • ] … that the role of touch in development and cognition is not limited …

… the question of how social touch is defined from both … C-touch (CT) system, which constitutes
a unique submodality that mediates affective touch and contrasts with discriminative touch. …

… between the affective and playful use of touch in mother-infant interaction. Stroking but also
massage or patting was classified as affective touch and contrasted to playful touch, which …

… the perception of pleasantness during affective touch stimulation. Given the … affective touch
than males and thus that their subjective pleasantness ratings associated with affective touch …

… prefers C-tactile targeted touch over non-C-tactile targeted touch. Presently, we used this
affective touch index to investigate the sensitivity to positive affective touch, which is often used …

… development it has a rewarding and motivational value, which may reflect an evolutionary
mechanism … In the present study we investigated whether affective touch helps infants tune to …

… neural substrate of the altered perception of affective touch in … areas of the brain that are
involved in affective touch. Among … the primary neural target of the affective touch system 29,30,…

… , for the first time, social touch effects on brain responses to pain (as … processing measured
using a previously validated neural marker for evoked pain 155 ; (2) modulating affective/…

… for the development of socio-emotional wellbeing throughout … , the neural correlates of
socio-affective touch processing in … to examine the neural correlates of social touch in infancy. …