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Seeking pleasant touch: neural correlates of behavioral preferences for skin stroking
Irene ePerini, Irene ePerini, India eMorrison, et al.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2015) Vol. 9
Open Access | Times Cited: 91

Showing 26-50 of 91 citing articles:

The perception of affective and discriminative touch in blind individuals
Dominika Radziun, Laura Crucianelli, Maksymilian Korczyk, et al.
Behavioural Brain Research (2023) Vol. 444, pp. 114361-114361
Open Access | Times Cited: 13
Abnormal brain processing of gentle touch in anorexia nervosa
Monika Davidovic, Louise Karjalainen, Göran Starck, et al.
Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging (2018) Vol. 281, pp. 53-60
Open Access | Times Cited: 45
Processing of affective and emotionally neutral tactile stimuli in the insular cortex
Monika Davidovic, Göran Starck, Håkan Olausson
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2017) Vol. 35, pp. 94-103
Open Access | Times Cited: 41
EEG captures affective touch: CT-optimal touch and neural oscillations
Mariana von Mohr, Michael J. Crowley, Jessica Walthall, et al.
Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (2018) Vol. 18, Iss. 1, pp. 155-166
Open Access | Times Cited: 39
C‐low threshold mechanoafferent targeted dynamic touch modulates stress resilience in rats exposed to chronic mild stress
Susannah C. Walker, Antonia Cavieres, Valentín Peñaloza‐Sancho, et al.
European Journal of Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 55, Iss. 9-10, pp. 2925-2938
Open Access | Times Cited: 38
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
Ghrelin is related to lower brain reward activation during touch
Daniela M. Pfabigan, Erik R. Frogner, Erik Schéle, et al.
Psychophysiology (2023) Vol. 61, Iss. 2
Open Access | Times Cited: 11
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
Research Progress on Neural Processing of Hand and Forearm Tactile Sensation: A Review Based on fMRI Research
Hao Chen, Shifang Fu, Xiaoyu Zhi, et al.
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (2025) Vol. Volume 21, pp. 193-212
Open Access
Touch, communication and affect: a systematic review on the use of touch in healthcare professions
Raffaele Andrea Buono, Minna O. Nygren, Nadia Bianchi‐Berthouze
Systematic Reviews (2025) Vol. 14, Iss. 1
Open Access
“Latent Preference Representation in the Human Brain for Scented Products: Effects of Novelty and Familiarity”
Toshiki Okumura, Koichi Saito, Ruth N. Harada, et al.
NeuroImage (2025), pp. 121131-121131
Open Access
Sensory and Emotional Perception of Wooden Surfaces through Fingertip Touch
Shiv Raj Bhatta, Kaisa Tiippana, Katja Vahtikari, et al.
Frontiers in Psychology (2017) Vol. 8
Open Access | Times Cited: 37
Interoception, mindfulness and touch: A meta-review of functional MRI studies
Sergi Casals-Gutiérrez, Hilary Abbey
International journal of osteopathic medicine (2019) Vol. 35, pp. 22-33
Closed Access | Times Cited: 34
Noli Me Tangere: Social Touch, Tactile Defensiveness, and Communication in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Daniela Smirni, Pietro Smirni, Marco Carotenuto, et al.
Brain Sciences (2019) Vol. 9, Iss. 12, pp. 368-368
Open Access | Times Cited: 31
Effects of opioid receptor stimulation and blockade on touch pleasantness: a double-blind randomised trial
Guro Løseth, Marie Eikemo, Siri Leknes
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (2019)
Open Access | Times Cited: 30
Spatio-temporal profile of brain activity during gentle touch investigated with magnetoencephalography
Elin Eriksson Hagberg, Rochelle Ackerley, Daniel Lundqvist, et al.
NeuroImage (2019) Vol. 201, pp. 116024-116024
Open Access | Times Cited: 30
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
Social Touch Reduces Pain Perception—An fMRI Study of Cortical Mechanisms
Mattias Savallampi, Anne Margarette S. Maallo, Sumaiya Shaikh, et al.
Brain Sciences (2023) Vol. 13, Iss. 3, pp. 393-393
Open Access | Times Cited: 10
Touching to connect, explore, and explain: how the human brain makes social touch meaningful
India Morrison
The Senses and Society (2023) Vol. 18, Iss. 2, pp. 92-109
Open Access | Times Cited: 10
Oxytocin administration enhances pleasantness and neural responses to gentle stroking but not moderate pressure social touch by increasing peripheral concentrations
Yuanshu Chen, Haochen Zou, Xin Hou, et al.
eLife (2023) Vol. 12
Open Access | Times Cited: 10
You can touch this! Brain correlates of aesthetic processing of active fingertip exploration of material surfaces
Barbara E. Marschallek, Andreas Löw, Thomas Jacobsen
Neuropsychologia (2023) Vol. 182, pp. 108520-108520
Closed Access | Times Cited: 9
Stroking and tapping the skin: behavioral and electrodermal effects
Roberta Etzi, Carlotta Carta, Alberto Gallace
Experimental Brain Research (2017) Vol. 236, Iss. 2, pp. 453-461
Closed Access | Times Cited: 30
Pleasantness Only?
Uta Sailer, Marlene Hausmann, Ilona Croy
Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) (2020) Vol. 67, Iss. 4, pp. 224-236
Open Access | Times Cited: 25
Relationship-specific Encoding of Social Touch in Somatosensory and Insular Cortices
Juulia T. Suvilehto, Ville Renvall, Lauri Nummenmaa
Neuroscience (2020) Vol. 464, pp. 105-116
Open Access | Times Cited: 23
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

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