This paper presents a survey informing a user-first approach to designing calming affective
haptic stimuli by eliciting user preferences in different social scenarios. Prior affective haptics …

Social anxiety is a prevalent mental health concern that impacts quality of life and makes
social spaces less accessible. We conducted two studies with socially anxious participants …

This paper investigates how presenting emotionally resonant vibrotactile stimuli at cool,
neutral and warm temperature levels impacts mean ratings for emotional resonance and …