The neurobiology shaping affective touch: Expectation, motivation, and meaning in the multisensory context
Inter-individual touch can be a desirable reward that can both relieve negative affect and evoke strong feelings of pleasure. However, if other sensory cues indicate it is undesirable to interact with the toucher, the affective experience of the same touch may be flipped to disgust. While a broad li...
Main Authors: | Dan-Mikael eEllingsen, Siri eLeknes, Guro eLøseth, Johan eWessberg, Håkan eOlausson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01986/full |
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