Can Male Mice Develop Preference Towards Gentle Stroking by an Experimenter?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.12.017
Abstract: Gentle stroking, a type of affective touch that holds hedonic and rewarding value, is critical to our daily inter-individual communication. This positive socio-emotional aspect of touch is conveyed through a subclass of C afferents known… read more here.
Keywords: preference; gentle stroking; stroking experimenter; male mice ... See more keywords
Gentle stroking elicits somatosensory ERP that differentiates between hairy and glabrous skin
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DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsac012
Abstract: Abstract Here we asked whether, similar to visual and auditory event-related potentials (ERPs), somatosensory ERPs reflect affect. Participants were stroked on hairy or glabrous skin at five stroking velocities (0.5, 1, 3, 10 and 20 cm/s).… read more here.
Keywords: skin; gentle stroking; glabrous skin; somatosensory erp ... See more keywords
Aβ-CT Affective Touch: Touch Pleasantness Ratings for Gentle Stroking and Deep Pressure Exhibit Dependence on A-Fibers
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DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0504-22.2023
Abstract: Abstract Gentle stroking of the skin is a common social touch behavior with positive affective consequences. A preference for slow versus fast stroking of hairy skin has been closely linked to the firing of unmyelinated… read more here.
Keywords: gentle stroking; deep pressure; pleasantness; touch pleasantness ... See more keywords
Oxytocin administration enhances pleasantness and neural responses to gentle stroking but not moderate pressure social touch by increasing peripheral concentrations
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.85847
Abstract: Background: Social touch constitutes a key component of human social relationships, although in some conditions with social dysfunction, such as autism, it can be perceived as unpleasant. We have previously shown that intranasal administration of… read more here.
Keywords: touch; responses gentle; gentle stroking; social touch ... See more keywords