Psychophysical assessment of the affective components of non-painful touch

• Published in: Neuroreport Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 2083
• Main Authors: Essick, G K, James, A, McGlone, F P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 13.07.1999
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Pleasure-Pain Principle; Psychophysics; Reproducibility of Results; Touch - physiology

A novel psychophysical procedure for the evaluation of the affective components of touch was developed. A fabric material was stroked across the test site at a controlled direction and velocity, after which the subject provided a numerical estimate of pleasantness. Significant differences were detec...