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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Main Authors: Chantal eTriscoli, Håkan eOlausson, Uta eSailer, Hanna eIgnell, Ilona eCroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00208/full