To sync or not to sync : neural synchronisation and perception of emotional pain in human hand-holding behaviour

• Main Author: Ang, Bee Hoon
• Other Authors: Gianluca Esposito
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tactile touch is paramount throughout one’s lifespan and serves various important functions such as the buffering of stress, provision of comfort, and an analgesic effect on physical pain. Specifically, studies have shown that the analgesic effect could have been brought upon by a mechanism of neura...