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A positive touch: C-tactile afferent targeted skin stimulation carries an appetitive motivational value
Ralph Pawling, Paula D. Trotter, Francis McGlone, et al.
Biological Psychology (2017) Vol. 129, pp. 186-194
Open Access | Times Cited: 61

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Dynamic touch reduces physiological arousal in preterm infants: A role for c-tactile afferents?
Andrea Manzotti, Francesco Cerritelli, Jorge E. Esteves, et al.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2019) Vol. 39, pp. 100703-100703
Open Access | Times Cited: 94
Calming Effects of Touch in Human, Animal, and Robotic Interaction—Scientific State-of-the-Art and Technical Advances
Monika Eckstein, Ilshat Mamaev, Beate Ditzen, et al.
Frontiers in Psychiatry (2020) Vol. 11
Open Access | Times Cited: 83
Social touch, CT touch and massage therapy: A narrative review
Tiffany Field
Developmental Review (2019) Vol. 51, pp. 123-145
Closed Access | Times Cited: 77
Meaning makes touch affective
Uta Sailer, Siri Leknes
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (2022) Vol. 44, pp. 101099-101099
Open Access | Times Cited: 49
Construction and Validation of the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ): A Self-report Measure to Determine Attitudes Toward and Experiences of Positive Touch
Paula D. Trotter, Francis McGlone, Renate Reniers, et al.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (2018) Vol. 42, Iss. 4, pp. 379-416
Open Access | Times Cited: 75
Social interoception and social allostasis through touch: Legacy of the Somatovisceral Afference Model of Emotion
Mary H. Burleson, Karen S. Quigley
Social Neuroscience (2019) Vol. 16, Iss. 1, pp. 92-102
Open Access | Times Cited: 60
Toward Enhanced Teleoperation Through Embodiment
Alexander Toet, Irene A. Kuling, Bouke N. Krom, et al.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2020) Vol. 7
Open Access | Times Cited: 56
Chronic pain patients low in social connectedness report higher pain and need deeper pressure for pain relief.
Jennifer N. Baumgartner, Michael Robert Haupt, Laura K. Case
Emotion (2023) Vol. 23, Iss. 8, pp. 2156-2168
Open Access | Times Cited: 18
Autistic traits modulate cortical responses to affective but not discriminative touch
Connor J. Haggarty, Peter Malinowski, Francis McGlone, et al.
European Journal of Neuroscience (2019) Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1844-1855
Open Access | Times Cited: 45
Hold me or stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch
H. H. Ali, Adarsh Makdani, María I. Cordero, et al.
PLoS ONE (2023) Vol. 18, Iss. 5, pp. e0281253-e0281253
Open Access | Times Cited: 16
A touching Sight: EEG/ERP correlates for the vicarious processing of affectionate touch
Annett Schirmer, Francis McGlone
Cortex (2018) Vol. 111, pp. 1-15
Open Access | Times Cited: 42
C‐low threshold mechanoafferent targeted dynamic touch modulates stress resilience in rats exposed to chronic mild stress
Susannah C. Walker, Antonia Cavieres, Valentín Peñaloza‐Sancho, et al.
European Journal of Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 55, Iss. 9-10, pp. 2925-2938
Open Access | Times Cited: 38
Strengths and weaknesses of affective touch studies over the lifetime: A systematic review
Gianluca Cruciani, Ludovica Zanini, Valentina Russo, et al.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2021) Vol. 127, pp. 1-24
Closed Access | Times Cited: 30
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses
Tara Kidd, Shaunna L. Devine, Susannah C. Walker
Health Psychology Review (2022) Vol. 17, Iss. 1, pp. 60-77
Open Access | Times Cited: 19
Longing for Touch and Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Birgit Hasenack, Larissa L. Meijer, Jonas C. C. Kamps, et al.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2023) Vol. 20, Iss. 5, pp. 3855-3855
Open Access | Times Cited: 12
To touch or to be touched? comparing appraisal of vicarious execution and reception of interpersonal touch
Niccolò Butti, Cosimo Urgesi, Francis McGlone, et al.
PLoS ONE (2024) Vol. 19, Iss. 5, pp. e0293164-e0293164
Open Access | Times Cited: 4
The impact of affective touch on physiological self-regulation among preschool-age children: The influence of emotional context and effortful control
Letizia Della Longa, Teresa Farroni
International Journal of Behavioral Development (2025)
Closed Access
Touch targeting C-tactile afferent fibers has a unique physiological pattern: A combined electrodermal and facial electromyography study
Anbjørn Ree, Leah M. Mayo, Siri Leknes, et al.
Biological Psychology (2018) Vol. 140, pp. 55-63
Open Access | Times Cited: 38
Interoception, mindfulness and touch: A meta-review of functional MRI studies
Sergi Casals-Gutiérrez, Hilary Abbey
International journal of osteopathic medicine (2019) Vol. 35, pp. 22-33
Closed Access | Times Cited: 35
Is cultural context the crucial touch? Neurophysiological and self-reported responses to affective touch in women in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Danielle Hewitt, Sahba Besharati, Victoria Williams, et al.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)
Open Access
Stroking and tapping the skin: behavioral and electrodermal effects
Roberta Etzi, Carlotta Carta, Alberto Gallace
Experimental Brain Research (2017) Vol. 236, Iss. 2, pp. 453-461
Closed Access | Times Cited: 30
The human “feel” of touch contributes to its perceived pleasantness.
Maria Teresa Wijaya, Darwin Lau, Sophie Horrocks, et al.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance (2019) Vol. 46, Iss. 2, pp. 155-171
Open Access | Times Cited: 29
The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Touch in the Form of Massage
Yuanshu Chen, Qin Li, Qianqian Zhang, et al.
Frontiers in Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 14
Open Access | Times Cited: 21
Affective touch in the context of development, oxytocin signaling, and autism
Qin Li, Weihua Zhao, Keith M. Kendrick
Frontiers in Psychology (2022) Vol. 13
Open Access | Times Cited: 13
Depression severity is associated with reduced pleasantness of observed social touch and fewer current intimate touch experiences
Victoria C. Tinker, Paula D. Trotter, Charlotte Krahé
PLoS ONE (2023) Vol. 18, Iss. 8, pp. e0289226-e0289226
Open Access | Times Cited: 7
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