Browsing Psychology by Subject "Affective touch"

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    • The perception of affective and discriminative touch in blind individuals 

      Radziun, D; Crucianelli, L; Korczyk, M; Szwed, M; Ehrsson, HH (Elsevier, 2023-02-24)
      Enhanced tactile acuity in blindness is among the most widely reported results of neuroplasticity following prolonged visual deprivation. However, tactile submodalities other than discriminative touch are profoundly ...

    • The role of affective touch in whole-body embodiment remains equivocal. 

      Carey, M; Crucianelli, L; Preston, C; Fotopoulou, A (2021-01)
      Previous studies have highlighted that affective touch delivered at slow velocities (1-10 cm/s) enhances body-part embodiment during multisensory illusions, yet its role towards whole-body embodiment is less established. ...