Soft, wearable robotics and haptics: Technologies, trends, and emerging applications
Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics highlight the potential for
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …
innovations in wearable soft robotics to meet challenges and opportunities affecting …
Affectionate touch to promote relational, psychological, and physical well-being in adulthood: A theoretical model and review of the research
BK Jakubiak, BC Feeney - Personality and Social …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Throughout the life span, individuals engage in affectionate touch with close others. Touch
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …
Skin‐integrated vibrohaptic interfaces for virtual and augmented reality
Haptic technology involves the use of electrical or mechanical means to stimulate afferent
nerves or mechanoreceptors in the skin as the basis for creating sensations of physical …
nerves or mechanoreceptors in the skin as the basis for creating sensations of physical …
[HTML][HTML] C-tactile afferent stimulating touch carries a positive affective value
The rewarding sensation of touch in affiliative interactions is hypothesized to be
underpinned by a specialized system of nerve fibers called C-Tactile afferents (CTs), which …
underpinned by a specialized system of nerve fibers called C-Tactile afferents (CTs), which …
[HTML][HTML] Touch perceptions across skin sites: differences between sensitivity, direction discrimination and pleasantness
R Ackerley, I Carlsson, H Wester… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Human skin is innervated with different tactile afferents, which are found at varying densities
over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity …
over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity …
[HTML][HTML] What are C-tactile afferents and how do they relate to “affective touch”?
Since their initial discovery in cats, low-threshold C-fiber mechanoreceptors have become a
central interest of scientists studying the affective aspects of touch. Their pursuit in humans …
central interest of scientists studying the affective aspects of touch. Their pursuit in humans …
[HTML][HTML] Osteopathic care as (En) active inference: a theoretical framework for developing an integrative hypothesis in osteopathy
Osteopathy is a person-centred healthcare discipline that emphasizes the body's structure-
function interrelationship—and its self-regulatory mechanisms—to inform a whole-person …
function interrelationship—and its self-regulatory mechanisms—to inform a whole-person …
Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearable Human–Machine Interfaces
Haptic human–machine interfaces (HHMIs) combine tactile sensation and haptic feedback
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …
to allow humans to interact closely with machines and robots, providing immersive …
Social touch, CT touch and massage therapy: A narrative review
T Field - Developmental Review, 2019 - Elsevier
This narrative review summarizes research on three forms of touch that have enhanced
development and well-being. These include social touch, CT touch, and massage therapy …
development and well-being. These include social touch, CT touch, and massage therapy …
[HTML][HTML] Spinal signalling of C-fiber mediated pleasant touch in humans
AG Marshall, ML Sharma, K Marley, H Olausson… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
C-tactile afferents form a distinct channel that encodes pleasant tactile stimulation.
Prevailing views indicate they project, as with other unmyelinated afferents, in lamina I …
Prevailing views indicate they project, as with other unmyelinated afferents, in lamina I …