Highlights • Social, affective regulation, including through touch, is multidimensional. • Social
touch appears to have three interrelated functions in affective regulation. • Social touch …

The mammalian need for social proximity, attachment and belonging may have an adaptive
and evolutionary value in terms of survival and reproductive success. Consequently, …

We often use our own emotions to understand other people’s emotions. However, emotional
egocentric biases (EEB), namely the tendency to use one’s own emotional state when …

When we see new people, we rapidly form first impressions. Whereas past research has
focused on the role of morphological or emotional cues, we asked whether transient visceral …

At the heart of social cognition is our ability to distinguish between self and other and
correctly attribute mental and affective states to their origin. Emotional egocentricity bias (EEB) …

Social touch has positive effects on social affiliation and stress alleviation. However, its
ubiquitous presence in human life does not allow the study of social touch deprivation ‘in the wild’…

… von Mohr, LC Krahé and A. Fotopoulou developed the hypothesis … von Mohr and C.
Krahé analysed the data. M… von Mohr collected the data and wrote the manuscript, under the …

Affective touch supports affiliative bonds and social cognition. In particular, gentle, stroking
touch, which has recently been associated with the C Tactile (CT) system, is typically …

When we see new people we rapidly form first impressions. While past research has mostly
focused on the role of morphological or emotional cues, we here ask whether the visceral …

Tactile interactions are of developmental importance to social and emotional interactions
across species. In beginning to understand the affective component of tactile stimulation, …