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SUBMITTER: Spitoni GF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295781 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spitoni Grazia Fernanda GF Zingaretti Pietro P Giovanardi Guido G Antonucci Gabriella G Galati Gaspare G Lingiardi Vittorio V Cruciani Gianluca G Titone Giulia G Boccia Maddalena M
Scientific reports 20200615 1
Touch, such as affective caress, can be interpreted as being pleasant. The emotional valence that is assigned to touch is related to certain bottom-up factors, such as the optimal activation of C-tactile (CT) afferents. Tactile processing with a hedonic or emotional component has been defined as affective touch-a component that CT fibers are likely to convey. Tactile deficiencies are frequent in the psychiatric population but also in healthy people with disorganized attachment; accordingly, it i ...[more]