Abstract
Touch is an essential and powerful part of social interactions in humans. It is used to convey feelings and thoughts and aids in forming and maintaining social bonds throughout life. When we view others giving or receiving social touch, we automatically convert the sight of touch between others into an internal representation of touch and thus recognize, to some extent, what the other person is feeling. Nevertheless, the mechanisms through which this process occurs are just beginning to be elucidated. Here, we review the neural correlates that underpin observed touch perception, we discuss deficits in this ability in several psychopathologies and we review developmental studies that tackle this ability in the very early stages of infancy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 152-158 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences |
| Volume | 43 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Behavioral Neuroscience
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