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1. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesEffects of Light Touch on Balance in Patients with Stroke

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   Apr 9, 2019 · Cunha et al. studied the effect of light touch on stroke patients, and found that light touch reduced postural sway, and that its effects were greater with the eyes closed. However, the differences relating to the supporting surface were not compared.

   • Author: Tae-sung In, Jin-Hwa Jung, Sang-hun Jang, Kyung-hun Kim, Kyoung-sim Jung, Hwi-young Cho
   • DOI: 10.1515/med-2019-0021

   • Publish Year: 2019
   • Publication: Open Med (Wars). 2019; 14: 259-263.

2. www.nature.com › articles › s41598/020/68034-xTactile perception of pleasantness in relation to perceived ...

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   Jul 7, 2020 · Introduction. When we touch objects, we not only perceive and discriminate their physical properties but also experience associated affective sensations. The former aspect is referred to as...

   • Author: Achille Pasqualotto, Achille Pasqualotto, Megan Ng, Zheng Yee Tan, Ryo Kitada

   • Publish Year: 2020

3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesTouch perceptions across skin sites: differences between ...

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   Feb 19, 2014 · Human skin is innervated with different tactile afferents, which are found at varying densities over the body. We investigate how the relationships between tactile pleasantness, sensitivity and discrimination differ across the skin.

   • Author: Rochelle Ackerley, Rochelle Ackerley, Ida Carlsson, Henric Wester, Håkan Olausson, Håkan Olausson, H...
   • DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00054

   • Publish Year: 2014
   • Publication: Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8: 54.

4. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleDiscriminative and Affective Touch: Sensing and Feeling

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   May 21, 2014 · The discriminative aspects of touch are coded by LTMs present in both skin types, but the coding of affective touch (CT) is limited to hairy skin. Abbreviations: SA, slowly adapting; RA, rapidly adapting; LTMR, low-threshold mechanoreceptor; CT, C-tactile afferent.

   • Author: Francis McGlone, Francis McGlone, Johan Wessberg, Håkan Olausson

   • Publish Year: 2014

5. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/024/00651-2How a light touch registers on the skin - Nature

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   Mar 8, 2024 · How a light touch registers on the skin. Experiments suggest that the protein ELKIN1 helps sensory nerve cells to carry the signal of gentle contact to the brain. The protein ELKIN1 (cyan) is...

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleStrengths and weaknesses of affective touch studies over the ...

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   Aug 1, 2021 · In both articles, individuals rated affective stimuli as pleasant (pleasantness ratings in Nees et al. (2019) of 5 and above on a scale from 1 (very unpleasant) to 9 (very pleasant); mean pleasantness ratings in Olausson et al. (2002) above 70 on a scale from 0 to 100 (no endpoint labels specified)).

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   What is discriminative touch and affective touch?

   • When we touch objects, we not only perceive and discriminate their physical properties but also experience associated affective sensations. The former aspect is referred to as discriminative touch, whereas the latter aspect is referred to as affective touch.

   Tactile perception of pleasantness in relation to perceived softness

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   How does touch affect a person's experience?

   • The experience of touch gives rise to sensations concerning both sensory (e.g., tactile sensitivity and discrimination) and emotional (e.g., pleasant, painful) aspects (McGlone et al., 2007 ).

   Touch perceptions across skin sites: differences between sensitivity

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   Does light touch reduce postural sway?

   • The effects of light touch were similar in both groups. In addition, results show that the effectiveness of light touch in reducing postural sway was greater on a foam surface than on a firm surface. Our findings indicate that light touch could be beneficial in postural control for individuals with hemi-paretic stroke

   Effects of Light Touch on Balance in Patients with Stroke

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   Does affective touch influence individual variability?

   • However, our findings should be considered in light of study limitations and directions for future research. First, we employed a mixed design, with a between-subjects manipulation of affective touch, which may thus entail potential individual variability confounds.

   The soothing function of touch: affective touch reduces feelings of

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8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesThe soothing function of touch: affective touch reduces ...

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   Oct 18, 2017 · It demonstrates for the first time that slow, affective touch, as compared to fast, ‘neutral’ touch, can lessen to a certain degree the distress caused by ostracism. These findings point to the soothing function of affective touch, particularly in the context of social separation or rejection.