Affective Touching by Mark Paterson
At the end of the twentieth century the discovery of 'slow', affective touch nerves in humans known as C Tactile (CT) afferents, which are entirely separate from the faster pathways for touching objects, had huge social implications. The Swedish neuroscientists responsible formulated an “affective touch hypothesis” or “social touch hypothesis” to consider their purpose. Part I offers a history of the science of social touch, from related discoveries in mammals by physiologists in the 1930s, to the recent rediscoveries of the CT nerves in humans. Part II considers how these findings are being intentionally folded into technologies for interaction. First, as mediated social touch, communicating at a distance through haptics. Second, with the increasing number of social and service robots in health care and domestic settings, the role of affective touch within human-robot interaction design.-
Sensorium
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Emotional Labor
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Colonial Senses
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Sensory Contact Zones in the City
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Feeling Modern European Imperial Architecture
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Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
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Medieval Avatars
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Newborn Imitation
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Emotion, Sense, Experience
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Playful Virtual Violence
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Scholastic Affect
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Phantom Pains and Prosthetic Narratives
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Love in Contemporary Technoculture
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Sensory Perception, History and Geology
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Disenchanting the Senses
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Making Sense of Knowledge
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Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
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Zionism
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Satire and the Public Emotions
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Beyond Compassion
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Academic Emotions
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Emotions and Temporalities
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Boredom
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Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague
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Marketing Violence
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Feeling Terrified?
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Making Noise in the Modern Hospital
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The Evolution of Affect Theory
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009484367 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009484362 |
| Title | Affective Touching |
| Author | Mark Paterson |
| Series | Elements In Histories Of Emotions And The Senses |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 76 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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