Editorial: Social touch

Jan B.F. Van Erp; Karon E. MacLean; Gregory J. Gerling; Carey Jewitt; Alexander Toet

doi:10.3389/fcomp.2023.1255784

Editorial: Social touch

Jan B.F. Van Erp^*, Karon E. MacLean, Gregory J. Gerling, Carey Jewitt, Alexander Toet

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Is social touch in crisis? According to Jewitt et al. the answer is affirmative. The decline in social touch over the past two decades (amplified during COVID-19) and inappropriate use of social touch are their main arguments.

Original language	English
Article number	1255784
Number of pages	3
Journal	Frontiers in Computer Science
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1255784
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2023

Keywords

affective touch
C-tactile (CT) afferents
haptics
mediated communication
skin-hunger
social touch

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