Social touch is increasingly utilized in a variety of psychological interventions, ranging from
parent-child interventions to psychotherapeutic treatments. Less attention has been paid�…

A growing body of evidence from the behavioural and neural sciences indicates that social
touch has a vital role in human development and psychological well-being. Despite some�…

Ageing is accompanied by a steady decline in touch sensitivity and acuity. Conversely,
pleasant touch, such as experienced during a caress, is even more pleasant in old age�…

Physical expressions of affection play a foundational role in early brain development, but the
neural correlates of affective touch processing in infancy remain unclear. We examined�…

Introduction The present study explores whether long-lasting pleasant touch has positive
effects on the stress response, reward sensitivity, mood, and interoceptive awareness�…

Massage may be an important method for increasing endogenous oxytocin concentrations
and of potential therapeutic benefit in disorders with social dysfunction such as autism�…

Affective touch plays an important role in children's social interaction and is involved in
shaping the development of the social brain. The positive affective component of touch is�…

An impairment of social communication is a core symptom of autism-spectrum disorder
(ASD). Affective touch is an important means of social interaction, and C-Tactile (CT)�…

Touch, such as affective caress, can be interpreted as being pleasant. The emotional
valence that is assigned to touch is related to certain bottom-up factors, such as the optimal�…

Touch plays an important role in the development of infants and children. In this review, we
highlight the neural conditioning of affective touch and the related physiological responses�…