Observing Touch from Video: The Influence of Social Cues on Pleasantness Perceptions

Willemse, Christian J. A. M.; Huisman, Gijs; Jung, Merel M.; Erp, J.B.F. van; Heylen, Dirk

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42324-1_20

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“…They simulate social interaction and often use a hug as a means to convey positive emotions, reduce stress and anxiety [54], [55]. Some studies suggest that a robot-initiated touch could be perceived as human contact [56], and others report that people prefer touching robots than being touched [57]. More recently, robotic swarms were used to perform social touch [58].…”

Section: Generating Touch: Tactile and Kinesthetic Feedbackmentioning

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Conveying Emotions Through Device-Initiated Touch

Teyssier

Bailly

Pélachaud

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Affective Comput.

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Section: Generating Touch: Tactile and Kinesthetic Feedbackmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conveying Emotions Through Device-Initiated Touch

Teyssier

Bailly

Pélachaud

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Affective Comput.

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“…the insula, as during the actual physical experience of CT-optimal touch (Lee Masson et al, 2018). Furthermore, the perceived pleasantness of observed touch also interacts with the stroking velocity (Willemse et al, 2016). Specifically, and similar to observations from in person studies, participants tend to rate the observation of CT-optimal touch as more pleasant than CT non-optimal touch.…”

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“…The perception of CT-optimal touch is typically studied using an in person paradigm in which participants are touched by the experimenter. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was not possible to physically interact with participants at the time of testing, we therefore included a CT-optimal touch paradigm in which participants observed and evaluated videos of CT-optimal touch (adapted from Lee Masson, Van De Plas, Daniels, and Op de Beeck (2018); Willemse, Huisman, Jung, van Erp, and Heylen (2016)). Previous research shows that the mere observation of CT-optimal touch activates similar brain areas, e.g.…”

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Out of touch: Touch deprivation and affective touch perception during the COVID-19 pandemic

Meijer¹,

Hasenack²,

Kamps³

et al. 2021

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Interpersonal touch and affective touch play a crucial role in social interactions and have a positive influence on mental health. The social distancing regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced the ability to engage in interpersonal touch. This could cause touch deprivation, and it might alter the way in which affective touch is perceived. To investigate this, we conducted an online survey with 2348 participants, which contained questions regarding the COVID-19 regulations, touch deprivation and the perceived pleasantness of affective and non-affective touch. Results showed that participants reported feelings of touch deprivation. This significantly increased with the duration and severity of the COVID-19 regulations. Participants who experienced more touch deprivation rated videos of affective and non-affective touch as more pleasant. Current results provide insight in the impact of sudden and prolonged COVID-19 regulations and show that increasing the duration and severity of these regulations is associated with a higher desire for touch, which leads to increased perceived pleasantness of touch.

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“…To some extent, people experience the same touches as the ones they see (they have the ability to imagine how an observed touch would feel [ 61 ]): seeing other people’s hands [ 62 ], legs [ 63 ], neck, or face [ 59 ] being touched activated brain regions that also respond when participants are touched on the same body part. Overall, these findings suggest that video clips showing touch actions are a valid means to study affective touch perception [ 64 ].…”

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The EmojiGrid as a rating tool for the affective appraisal of touch

Toet¹,

Erp

2020

PLoS ONE

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In this study we evaluate the convergent validity of a new graphical self-report tool (the Emo-jiGrid) for the affective appraisal of perceived touch events. The EmojiGrid is a square grid labeled with facial icons (emoji) showing different levels of valence and arousal. The Emoji-Grid is language independent and efficient (a single click suffices to report both valence and arousal), making it a practical instrument for studies on affective appraisal. We previously showed that participants can intuitively and reliably report their affective appraisal (valence and arousal) of visual, auditory and olfactory stimuli using the EmojiGrid, even without additional (verbal) instructions. However, because touch events can be bidirectional and dynamic, these previous results cannot be generalized to the touch domain. In this study, participants reported their affective appraisal of video clips showing different interpersonal (social) and object-based touch events, using either the validated 9-point SAM (Self-Assessment Mannikin) scale or the EmojiGrid. The valence ratings obtained with the Emoji-Grid and the SAM are in excellent agreement. The arousal ratings show good agreement for object-based touch and moderate agreement for social touch. For social touch and at more extreme levels of valence, the EmojiGrid appears more sensitive to arousal than the SAM. We conclude that the EmojiGrid can also serve as a valid and efficient graphical self-report instrument to measure human affective response to a wide range of tactile signals.

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Observing Touch from Video: The Influence of Social Cues on Pleasantness Perceptions

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

Conveying Emotions Through Device-Initiated Touch

Conveying Emotions Through Device-Initiated Touch

Out of touch: Touch deprivation and affective touch perception during the COVID-19 pandemic

The EmojiGrid as a rating tool for the affective appraisal of touch

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