Affective Touching - Neurobiology and Technological Applications

Part I ofthis Element 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.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. A Brief History of the Science of Social Touch; Section 1. Mapping the Neurophysiology of 'Inner' and 'Outer' touch; Section 2. Rediscovering earlier nerve pathways: C-Tactile (CT) Afferents; Part II. Social Touch and Its Mediations: Socio-technological applications; Section 4. Social touch at a distance: a virtual handshake; Section 5. Social touch in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): a robot hug; References.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Paterson, Mark (University of Pittsburgh) Paterson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009484374
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948437-4
• No. of pages: 76
• Series: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Robotics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, Psychology: emotions, Neurosciences, Social and cultural history, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Haptic and other tactile technologies