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Affective touch: A meta-analysis on sex differences
Valentina Russo, Cristina Ottaviani, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2019) Vol. 108, pp. 445-452
Open Access | Times Cited: 70

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A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions
Julian Packheiser, Helena Hartmann, Kelly Fredriksen, et al.
Nature Human Behaviour (2024) Vol. 8, Iss. 6, pp. 1088-1107
Open Access | Times Cited: 25
Social touch experience in different contexts: A review
Aino Saarinen, Ville Harjunen, Inga Jasinskaja‐Lahti, et al.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2021) Vol. 131, pp. 360-372
Open Access | Times Cited: 71
Individual Variability of Pleasantness Ratings to Stroking Touch Over Different Velocities
Ilona Croy, Antonie Louise Bierling, Uta Sailer, et al.
Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 464, pp. 33-43
Open Access | Times Cited: 61
The why, who and how of social touch
Juulia T. Suvilehto, Asta Čekaitė, India Morrison
Nature Reviews Psychology (2023) Vol. 2, Iss. 10, pp. 606-621
Closed Access | Times Cited: 19
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
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
Understanding sex differences in affective touch: Sensory pleasantness, social comfort, and precursive experiences
Annett Schirmer, Clare Cham, Zihao Zhao, et al.
Physiology & Behavior (2022) Vol. 250, pp. 113797-113797
Closed Access | Times Cited: 22
Hedonic and autonomic responses in promoting affective touch
Alessandro Mazza, Monia Cariola, Francesca Capiotto, et al.
Scientific Reports (2023) Vol. 13, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 12
Exploring social touch in autistic and non-autistic adults via a self-report body-painting task: The role of sex, social context and body area
Manuel Mello, Martina Fusaro, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, et al.
Autism (2024) Vol. 28, Iss. 8, pp. 1985-2001
Closed Access | Times Cited: 4
Affective touch reduces histamine evoked itch experience
H. H. Ali, Nicholas Fallon, Timo Giesbrecht, et al.
PLoS ONE (2025) Vol. 20, Iss. 4, pp. e0319006-e0319006
Open Access
The Experience of Social Touch in Multi-User Virtual Reality
Philipp Sykownik, Maic Masuch
(2020)
Open Access | Times Cited: 30
Efficacy of Vestibular Rehabilitation in Patients With Neurologic Disorders: A Systematic Review
Marco Tramontano, Valentina Russo, Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, et al.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2020) Vol. 102, Iss. 7, pp. 1379-1389
Open Access | Times Cited: 30
Wearing same- and opposite-sex virtual bodies and seeing them caressed in intimate areas
Manuel Mello, Martina Fusaro, Gaetano Tieri, et al.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2021) Vol. 75, Iss. 3, pp. 461-474
Closed Access | Times Cited: 26
Pleasantness ratings in response to affective touch across hairy and glabrous skin: A meta-analysis
Gianluca Cruciani, Ludovica Zanini, Valentina Russo, et al.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2021) Vol. 131, pp. 88-95
Closed Access | Times Cited: 25
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
Identification of Brain Activation Areas in Response to Active Tactile Stimulation by Gripping a Stress Ball
Kei Sasaki, Noriko Sakurai, Nobukiyo Yoshida, et al.
Brain Sciences (2025) Vol. 15, Iss. 3, pp. 264-264
Open Access
Differential effects of robot’s touch on perceived emotions and the feeling of Kawaii in adults and seniors
Masahiro Shiomi, Hidenobu Sumioka
Scientific Reports (2025) Vol. 15, Iss. 1
Open Access
Vicarious ratings of self vs. other-directed social touch in women with and recovered from Anorexia Nervosa
Ashleigh Bellard, Paula D. Trotter, Francis McGlone, et al.
Scientific Reports (2022) Vol. 12, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 15
Touch as a Stress Buffer? Gender Differences in Subjective and Physiological Responses to Partner and Stranger Touch
Anik Debrot, Jennifer E. Stellar, Elise Dan‐Glauser, et al.
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (2024) Vol. 48, Iss. 3, pp. 345-364
Open Access | Times Cited: 3
Hedonic Responses to Touch are Modulated by the Perceived Attractiveness of the Caresser
Giovanni Novembre, Roberta Etzi, India Morrison
Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 464, pp. 79-89
Closed Access | Times Cited: 22
Individual and relational differences in desire for touch in romantic relationships
Brett K. Jakubiak, Julian D. Fuentes, Brooke C. Feeney
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2021) Vol. 38, Iss. 7, pp. 2029-2052
Closed Access | Times Cited: 20
Romantic partner embraces reduce cortisol release after acute stress induction in women but not in men
Gesa Berretz, Chantal Cebula, Blanca Maria Wortelmann, et al.
PLoS ONE (2022) Vol. 17, Iss. 5, pp. e0266887-e0266887
Open Access | Times Cited: 14
The role of affective touch in modulating emotion processing among preschool children
Letizia Della Longa, Laura Carnevali, Teresa Farroni
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2023) Vol. 235, pp. 105726-105726
Open Access | Times Cited: 7
The somatosensory system in anorexia nervosa: A scoping review
Max Teaford, Matthew S. McMurray, Vincent A. Billock, et al.
Journal of Experimental Psychopathology (2021) Vol. 12, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 16
Extraversion and adult attachment dimensions predict attitudes towards social touch
Natalie C. Bowling, Aikaterini Vafeiadou, Claudia Hammond, et al.
Journal of Research in Personality (2024) Vol. 111, pp. 104514-104514
Open Access | Times Cited: 2
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