Pupil dilation responds to the intrinsic social characteristics of affective touch

Abstract Affective Touch is characterized by both emotional and arousing dimensions that rely on specific features of a gentle human caress. In this study, we investigated whether and how both the nature of the touching effector (Human hand vs. Artificial hand) and touch type (Dynamic vs. Static) in...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Greta Bonino, Alessandro Mazza, Francesca Capiotto, Annamaria Berti, Lorenzo Pia, Olga Dal Monte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Subjects:	Pupil dilation Affective touch Stroke velocity Human hand Artificial hand Skin-to-skin touch
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74566-3