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Tactile C fibers and their contributions to pleasant sensations and to tactile allodynia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014
In humans converging evidence indicates that affective aspects of touch are signaled by low threshold mechanoreceptive C tactile (CT) afferents. Analyses of electrophysiological recordings, psychophysical studies in denervated subjects, and functional ...
Jaquette eLiljencrantz, Håkan eOlausson, Håkan eOlausson   +2 more
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An Instrument for Remote Kissing and Engineering Measurement of Its Communication Effects Including Modified Turing Test

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, 2020
Various communication systems have been developed to integrate the haptic channel in digital communication. Future directions of such haptic technologies are moving towards realistic virtual reality applications and human-robot social interaction.
Adrian David Cheok
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Alone Together: Computer-Mediated Communication in Leisure Time During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
In spring 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic and several lockdowns were followed in Germany. To weaken the spread of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, people were required to reduce their face-to-face contact with others.
Jennifer V. Meier, Josephine A. Noel, Kai Kaspar   +2 more
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Does mediated social touch succesfully approximate natural social touch?

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 2020
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Ipakchian Askari, Sima, Harjunen, Ville Johannes, Haans, Antal, Ravaja, Niklas, Ijsselsteijn , Wijnand   +4 more
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Touching at a distance: the elaboration of communicative functions from the perspective of the interactants

Frontiers in Psychology
Touch is an inherent part of human social interactions and the diversity of its functions has been highlighted in numerous works. Given the varied roles of touch, with technology-mediated communication being a big part of our everyday lives, research has
Robin Héron, Stéphane Safin, Michael Baker, Zhuoming Zhang, Eric Lecolinet, Françoise Détienne   +5 more
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Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in Youth: Design and Implementation of the International Changing Worlds Study

Challenges, 2023
As climate change continues unabated, research is increasingly focused on capturing and quantifying the lesser-known psychological responses and mental health implications of this humanitarian and environmental crisis.
Ans Vercammen, Sandhya Kanaka Yatirajula, Mercian Daniel, Sandeep Maharaj, Michael H. Campbell, Natalie Greaves, Renzo Guinto, John Jamir Benzon Aruta, Criselle Angeline Peñamante, Britt Wray, Emma L. Lawrance   +10 more
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Mothers’ interoceptive sensibility mediates affective interaction between mother and infant

Scientific Reports, 2022
Interoceptive sensibility, which denotes the self-perceived sensitivity to inner-body sensations, has been associated with the emotional experiences and inferences of others’ emotional states.
Ayami Suga, Yosuke Naruto, Venie Viktoria Rondang Maulina, Maki Uraguchi, Yuka Ozaki, Hideki Ohira   +5 more
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Design of a wearable research tool for warm mediated social touches

2015 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), 2015
Social touches are essential in interpersonal communication, for instance to show affect. Despite this importance, mediated interpersonal communication oftentimes lacks the possibility to touch. A human touch is a complex composition of several physical qualities and parameters, but different haptic technologies allow us to isolate such parameters and ...
Isabel Pfab, Christian J. A. M. Willemse
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Sensory processing sensitivity and somatosensory brain activation when feeling touch

Scientific Reports, 2022
Sensory processing sensitivity is described as a personality trait associated with a high sensitivity to environmental and social stimuli. It has been assumed that about 15–20% of the total population can be described as highly sensitive.
Michael Schaefer, Anja Kühnel, Matti Gärtner   +2 more
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How Do University Students Get Relevant Information?

Central European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The web and learning have evolved parallel as technological changes have influenced teaching and learning processes. In this study, I intend to extend this parallel with two other dimensions, namely, human 1.0-3.0 and influencer 1.0-3.0.
Dóra Szabó
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