Topography and relationship-specific social touching in individuals displaying body image disturbances

Abstract Interpersonal touch is intimately related to the emotional bond between the touch giver and the touch receiver. Which bodily regions we touch in those individuals in our social network is relationship specific. Perception of interpersonal touch is altered in psychiatric disorders characteri...

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Main Authors: Ashleigh Bellard, Jyothisa Mathew, Wenhan Sun, Linda Denkow, Ali Najm, Despina Michael-Grigoriou, Paula Trotter, Francis McGlone, Merle Fairhurst, Valentina Cazzato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39484-w