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Infectious touching: Has COVID-19 changed our perceptions of social touch? A neural and behavioral study

2023-10-13

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Social touch is essential for reducing stress, improving mood and fostering a sense of social connectedness. Stimuli related to social touch are generally perceived as positive. Nevertheless, the social restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the way human beings perceive and react to social touch. Indeed, the social distancing imposed by the pandemic may have had long term effects on human...

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Literature Corpus work: 66f40e49-0502-5966-884c-2249115ab0d9
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3373672/v1

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