Physical correlates of human-like softness elicit high tactile pleasantness

• Main Authors: Kitada, Ryo, Ng, Megan, Tan, Zheng Yee, Lee, Xue Er, Kochiyama, Takanori
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::General; Perception; Roughness
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153777
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Touching an object can elicit affective sensations. Because these sensations are critical for social interaction, tactile preferences may be adapted to the characteristics of the human body. We have previously shown that compliance, a physical correlate of softness, increased the tactile pleasantnes...