CT-optimised skin stroking delivered by hand or robot is comparable
Introduction. The aim of our study was to investigate whether a pleasant tactile stimulation which is manually produced is qualitatively comparable to an analogous tactile stimulation produced instead by a mechanical source. Methods. 31 subjects (16 men, 15 women, mean age 24.5+/-2.6 years) were tes...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00208/full |