2023
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.08.561444
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To touch or to be touched? Comparing pleasantness of vicarious execution and reception of interpersonal touch

Niccolò Butti,
Cosimo Urgesi,
Francis P. McGlone
et al.

Abstract: Unmyelinated C-Tactile (CT) fibres are activated by caress-like touch, eliciting a pleasant feeling that decreases for static and faster stroking. Previous studies documented this effect also for vicarious touch, hypothesising ‘mirror-neurons’ mechanisms driving the perception and appreciation of observed interpersonal touch. Notably, less is known about appreciation of vicarious execution of touch, that is as referred to the one giving gentle touch. To address this issue, 53 healthy participants were asked to… Show more

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