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TOUCHNET aims to investigate interpersonal touch behavior by creating a comprehensive database of touch events and their effects on health and social interactions. The project will explore the neural mechanisms behind touch and its impact on stress reduction and communication in a digital society.
As the digital nature of society increases, the frequency of human contact decreases.
This seemingly inevitable relationship has potentially devastating consequences for the mental and emotional health of billions of people.
Clear understanding and appropriate action are the only path to mitigating this looming crisis.Currently, the field of interpersonal touch research is a patchwork of theoretical frameworks and, worse still, lacks robust, ecologically valid experimental data.
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FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA
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