This study investigated whether communication via mediated hand pressure during a remotely shared experience (watching an amusing video) can (1) enhance recovery from sadness, (2) enhance the affective quality of the experience, and (3) increase trust towards the communication partner. Thereto participants first watched a sad movie clip to elicit sadness, followed by a funny one to stimulate recovery from sadness. While watching the funny clip they signaled a hypothetical fellow participant every time they felt amused. In the experimental condition the participants responded by pressing a hand-held two-way mediated touch device (a Frebble), which also provided haptic feedback via simulated hand squeezes. In the control condition they respon...
Research into emotional communication to date has largely focused on facial and vocal expressions. I...
Interpersonal touch is critical for social-emotional development and presents a powerful modality fo...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in research on mediated communication via soc...
This study investigated whether communication via mediated hand pressure during a remotely shared ex...
This study investigated whether communication via mediated hand pressure during a remotely shared ex...
Social touch is essential to human development and communication. Mediated social touch is suggested...
Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions and as such es...
As a social species, humans deprived of contact find loneliness a potentially distressing condition....
Social Touch, such as holdings hands or hugs, forms an important communication modality in our daily...
Inter-personal touch is a powerful aspect of social interaction that we expect to be particularly im...
In this paper, we review research and applications in the area of mediated or remote social touch. W...
Mediated social touch (MST) devices are upcoming. To date, experiments aimed at demonstrating whethe...
This position paper outlines the first stages in an ongoing PhD project on mediated social touch, an...
Research into emotional communication to date has largely focused on facial and vocal expressions. I...
Interpersonal touch is critical for social-emotional development and presents a powerful modality fo...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in research on mediated communication via soc...
This study investigated whether communication via mediated hand pressure during a remotely shared ex...
This study investigated whether communication via mediated hand pressure during a remotely shared ex...
Social touch is essential to human development and communication. Mediated social touch is suggested...
Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions and as such es...
As a social species, humans deprived of contact find loneliness a potentially distressing condition....
Social Touch, such as holdings hands or hugs, forms an important communication modality in our daily...
Inter-personal touch is a powerful aspect of social interaction that we expect to be particularly im...
In this paper, we review research and applications in the area of mediated or remote social touch. W...
Mediated social touch (MST) devices are upcoming. To date, experiments aimed at demonstrating whethe...
This position paper outlines the first stages in an ongoing PhD project on mediated social touch, an...
Research into emotional communication to date has largely focused on facial and vocal expressions. I...
Interpersonal touch is critical for social-emotional development and presents a powerful modality fo...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in research on mediated communication via soc...