This study examined how touch role and culture shape affective touch experiences.
Germans (N= 130) and Chinese (N= 130) were surveyed once as toucher and once as …

Although previous research revealed sex differences in affective touch, the implicated
processes and the manner in which men and women differ have been left uncertain. Here …

This study aimed to explore the pathway from childhood trauma to nonsuicidal self-injury
(NSSI) in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) and to examine the chain …

Study of the tactile sense has revealed an intriguing C low threshold mechanoreceptor that
the human literature refers to as a C-tactile (CT) afferent. Its firing properties imply a role in …

Here we asked whether, similar to visual and auditory event-related potentials (ERPs),
somatosensory ERPs reflect affect. Participants were stroked on hairy or glabrous skin at five …

Cognitive dynamics are multimodal, and they need to integrate real-time feedback to be
adaptive and appropriate. However, cognition research still relies on mostly unimodal …

Numerous studies have established an inverted u-shaped effect between the velocity of a
caress and its pleasantness and linked this effect to the C-tactile (CT) system considered …

Haptics is an essential element of interaction between humans and socially assistive robots.
However, it is often limited to movements or vibrations and misses key aspects such as …

This study aims to explore the effects of forest travel activities on university students' stress
affection. Forty volunteer university students participated in this study. All participants were …

The two studies presented in this paper seek to resolve mixed findings in research linking
activity of pubertal hormones to daily adolescent outcomes. In study 1 we used a series of …