Vicarious ratings of self vs. other-directed social touch in women with and recovered from Anorexia Nervosa

Abstract Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating pathology characterized by restricted eating, body image distortions and impaired socio-cognitive abilities. Altered responses to affective touch—a pleasant interoceptive stimulus hypothesised to involve activation of the C-Tactile (CT) system, may contrib...

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Main Authors: Ashleigh Bellard, Paula Trotter, Francis McGlone, Valentina Cazzato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17523-2