The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task
Affective touch refers to the emotional and motivational facets of tactile sensation and has been linked to the activation of a specialised system of mechanosensory afferents (the CT system), that respond optimally to slow caress-like touch. Affective touch has been shown to play an important role i...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | PloS one 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.e0261060 |
|---|---|
| Hauptverfasser: | , , , |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 12 |
| container_start_page | e0261060 |
| container_title | PloS one |
| container_volume | 16 |
| creator | Sacchetti, Sofia McGlone, Francis Cazzato, Valentina Mirams, Laura |
| description | Affective touch refers to the emotional and motivational facets of tactile sensation and has been linked to the activation of a specialised system of mechanosensory afferents (the CT system), that respond optimally to slow caress-like touch. Affective touch has been shown to play an important role in the building of the bodily self: the multisensory integrated global awareness of one's own body. Here we investigated the effects of affective touch on subsequent tactile awareness and multisensory integration using the Somatic Signal Detection Task (SSDT). During the SSDT, participants were required to detect near-threshold tactile stimulation on their cheek, in the presence/absence of a concomitant light. Participants repeated the SSDT twice, before and after receiving a touch manipulation. Participants were divided into two groups: one received affective touch (CT optimal; n = 32), and the second received non-affective touch (non-CT optimal; n = 34). Levels of arousal (skin conductance levels, SCLs) and mood changes after the touch manipulation were also measured. Affective touch led to an increase in tactile accuracy, as indicated by less false reports of touch and a trend towards higher tactile sensitivity during the subsequent SSDT. Conversely, non-affective touch was found to induce a partial decrease in the correct detection of touch possibly due to a desensitization of skin mechanoreceptors. Both affective and non-affective touch induced a more positive mood and higher SCLs in participants. The increase in SCLs was greater after affective touch. We conclude that receiving affective touch enhances the sense of bodily self therefore increasing perceptual accuracy and awareness. Higher SCLs are suggested to be a possible mediator linking affective touch to a greater tactile accuracy. Clinical implications are discussed. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1371/journal.pone.0261060 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>gale_plos_</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_plos_journals_2615610124</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A688366291</galeid><doaj_id>oai_doaj_org_article_37ced5ecf04d474697d096e68ec307ef</doaj_id><sourcerecordid>A688366291</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-d30615c1dbd38f12b5ce7e3cbb998ba226b7f41f75adf7f76a5235e8b77267323</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqNk11rFDEUhgdRbK3-A9GAIHqxaz5mkpkboRQ_CoWCVm9DJjmZTc1OtkmmuL_BP222uy1d6YXkIpnJ874n5ySnql4SPCdMkA-XYYqj8vNVGGGOKSeY40fVIekYnXGK2eN764PqWUqXGDes5fxpdcDqTlBC8WH152IBKFg7824EBNaCzuUbqZuVuwaUw6QXKIxoOfnsEowpxDVyY4YhquzKhhoNyqrQHtAKooZVnpRHSuspKr1GZopuHFAukVJYFo1GyQ3l7MhA3kQpHlmlX8-rJ1b5BC9281H14_Oni5Ovs7PzL6cnx2czzTuaZ4ZhThpNTG9YawntGw0CmO77rmt7RSnvha2JFY0yVljBVUNZA20vBOWCUXZUvd76rnxIclfHJEsJm1JFQutCnG4JE9SlXEW3VHEtg3Ly5keIg1Sx5OFBMqHBNKAtrk0tat4JgzsOvAXNsABbvD7uok39EoyGMUfl90z3d0a3kEO4lq0gHe94MXi3M4jhaoKU5dIlDd6rEcK0PXdHSdeSgr75B304ux01qJKAG20ocfXGVB7ztmWc027jNX-AKsPA0uny6Gy5733B-z1BYTL8zoOaUpKn37_9P3v-c599e49dgPJ5kYKfNu8m7YP1FtQxpBTB3hWZYLnpmdtqyE3PyF3PFNmr-xd0J7ptEvYXzf4URg</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Open Website</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>2615610124</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task</title><source>MEDLINE</source><source>DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals</source><source>Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals Open Access</source><source>EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals</source><source>PubMed Central</source><source>Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry</source><creator>Sacchetti, Sofia ; McGlone, Francis ; Cazzato, Valentina ; Mirams, Laura</creator><contributor>Costantini, Marcello</contributor><creatorcontrib>Sacchetti, Sofia ; McGlone, Francis ; Cazzato, Valentina ; Mirams, Laura ; Costantini, Marcello</creatorcontrib><description>Affective touch refers to the emotional and motivational facets of tactile sensation and has been linked to the activation of a specialised system of mechanosensory afferents (the CT system), that respond optimally to slow caress-like touch. Affective touch has been shown to play an important role in the building of the bodily self: the multisensory integrated global awareness of one's own body. Here we investigated the effects of affective touch on subsequent tactile awareness and multisensory integration using the Somatic Signal Detection Task (SSDT). During the SSDT, participants were required to detect near-threshold tactile stimulation on their cheek, in the presence/absence of a concomitant light. Participants repeated the SSDT twice, before and after receiving a touch manipulation. Participants were divided into two groups: one received affective touch (CT optimal; n = 32), and the second received non-affective touch (non-CT optimal; n = 34). Levels of arousal (skin conductance levels, SCLs) and mood changes after the touch manipulation were also measured. Affective touch led to an increase in tactile accuracy, as indicated by less false reports of touch and a trend towards higher tactile sensitivity during the subsequent SSDT. Conversely, non-affective touch was found to induce a partial decrease in the correct detection of touch possibly due to a desensitization of skin mechanoreceptors. Both affective and non-affective touch induced a more positive mood and higher SCLs in participants. The increase in SCLs was greater after affective touch. We conclude that receiving affective touch enhances the sense of bodily self therefore increasing perceptual accuracy and awareness. Higher SCLs are suggested to be a possible mediator linking affective touch to a greater tactile accuracy. Clinical implications are discussed.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1932-6203</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1932-6203</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261060</identifier><identifier>PMID: 34972120</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>United States: Public Library of Science</publisher><subject>Accuracy ; Adult ; Affect - physiology ; Afferent Pathways - physiology ; Arousal ; Authorship ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Cheek ; Desensitization ; Female ; Galvanic Skin Response ; Humans ; Hypotheses ; Interpersonal relations ; Mechanoreceptors ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Middle Aged ; Mood ; Optimization ; Physical Sciences ; Physiological aspects ; Receiving ; Self Report ; Sensory integration ; Signal detection ; Skin ; Skin Physiological Phenomena ; Social Sciences ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Tactile stimuli ; Task Performance and Analysis ; Touch ; Touch - physiology ; Touch Perception - physiology ; Velocity ; Young Adult</subject><ispartof>PloS one, 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.e0261060</ispartof><rights>COPYRIGHT 2021 Public Library of Science</rights><rights>2021 Sacchetti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.</rights><rights>2021 Sacchetti et al 2021 Sacchetti et al</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-d30615c1dbd38f12b5ce7e3cbb998ba226b7f41f75adf7f76a5235e8b77267323</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-d30615c1dbd38f12b5ce7e3cbb998ba226b7f41f75adf7f76a5235e8b77267323</cites><orcidid>0000-0002-8130-983X ; 0000-0001-9826-7798</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719696/pdf/$$EPDF$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$Hfree_for_read</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719696/$$EHTML$$P50$$Gpubmedcentral$$Hfree_for_read</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>230,314,727,780,784,864,885,2102,2928,23866,27924,27925,53791,53793,79600,79601</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34972120$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><contributor>Costantini, Marcello</contributor><creatorcontrib>Sacchetti, Sofia</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>McGlone, Francis</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Cazzato, Valentina</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mirams, Laura</creatorcontrib><title>The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task</title><title>PloS one</title><addtitle>PLoS One</addtitle><description>Affective touch refers to the emotional and motivational facets of tactile sensation and has been linked to the activation of a specialised system of mechanosensory afferents (the CT system), that respond optimally to slow caress-like touch. Affective touch has been shown to play an important role in the building of the bodily self: the multisensory integrated global awareness of one's own body. Here we investigated the effects of affective touch on subsequent tactile awareness and multisensory integration using the Somatic Signal Detection Task (SSDT). During the SSDT, participants were required to detect near-threshold tactile stimulation on their cheek, in the presence/absence of a concomitant light. Participants repeated the SSDT twice, before and after receiving a touch manipulation. Participants were divided into two groups: one received affective touch (CT optimal; n = 32), and the second received non-affective touch (non-CT optimal; n = 34). Levels of arousal (skin conductance levels, SCLs) and mood changes after the touch manipulation were also measured. Affective touch led to an increase in tactile accuracy, as indicated by less false reports of touch and a trend towards higher tactile sensitivity during the subsequent SSDT. Conversely, non-affective touch was found to induce a partial decrease in the correct detection of touch possibly due to a desensitization of skin mechanoreceptors. Both affective and non-affective touch induced a more positive mood and higher SCLs in participants. The increase in SCLs was greater after affective touch. We conclude that receiving affective touch enhances the sense of bodily self therefore increasing perceptual accuracy and awareness. Higher SCLs are suggested to be a possible mediator linking affective touch to a greater tactile accuracy. Clinical implications are discussed.</description><subject>Accuracy</subject><subject>Adult</subject><subject>Affect - physiology</subject><subject>Afferent Pathways - physiology</subject><subject>Arousal</subject><subject>Authorship</subject><subject>Biology and Life Sciences</subject><subject>Cheek</subject><subject>Desensitization</subject><subject>Female</subject><subject>Galvanic Skin Response</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>Hypotheses</subject><subject>Interpersonal relations</subject><subject>Mechanoreceptors</subject><subject>Medicine and Health Sciences</subject><subject>Middle Aged</subject><subject>Mood</subject><subject>Optimization</subject><subject>Physical Sciences</subject><subject>Physiological aspects</subject><subject>Receiving</subject><subject>Self Report</subject><subject>Sensory integration</subject><subject>Signal detection</subject><subject>Skin</subject><subject>Skin Physiological Phenomena</subject><subject>Social Sciences</subject><subject>Surveys and Questionnaires</subject><subject>Tactile stimuli</subject><subject>Task Performance and Analysis</subject><subject>Touch</subject><subject>Touch - physiology</subject><subject>Touch Perception - physiology</subject><subject>Velocity</subject><subject>Young Adult</subject><issn>1932-6203</issn><issn>1932-6203</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2021</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>EIF</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>DOA</sourceid><recordid>eNqNk11rFDEUhgdRbK3-A9GAIHqxaz5mkpkboRQ_CoWCVm9DJjmZTc1OtkmmuL_BP222uy1d6YXkIpnJ874n5ySnql4SPCdMkA-XYYqj8vNVGGGOKSeY40fVIekYnXGK2eN764PqWUqXGDes5fxpdcDqTlBC8WH152IBKFg7824EBNaCzuUbqZuVuwaUw6QXKIxoOfnsEowpxDVyY4YhquzKhhoNyqrQHtAKooZVnpRHSuspKr1GZopuHFAukVJYFo1GyQ3l7MhA3kQpHlmlX8-rJ1b5BC9281H14_Oni5Ovs7PzL6cnx2czzTuaZ4ZhThpNTG9YawntGw0CmO77rmt7RSnvha2JFY0yVljBVUNZA20vBOWCUXZUvd76rnxIclfHJEsJm1JFQutCnG4JE9SlXEW3VHEtg3Ly5keIg1Sx5OFBMqHBNKAtrk0tat4JgzsOvAXNsABbvD7uok39EoyGMUfl90z3d0a3kEO4lq0gHe94MXi3M4jhaoKU5dIlDd6rEcK0PXdHSdeSgr75B304ux01qJKAG20ocfXGVB7ztmWc027jNX-AKsPA0uny6Gy5733B-z1BYTL8zoOaUpKn37_9P3v-c599e49dgPJ5kYKfNu8m7YP1FtQxpBTB3hWZYLnpmdtqyE3PyF3PFNmr-xd0J7ptEvYXzf4URg</recordid><startdate>20211231</startdate><enddate>20211231</enddate><creator>Sacchetti, Sofia</creator><creator>McGlone, Francis</creator><creator>Cazzato, Valentina</creator><creator>Mirams, Laura</creator><general>Public Library of Science</general><general>Public Library of Science (PLoS)</general><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>IOV</scope><scope>ISR</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7QG</scope><scope>7QL</scope><scope>7QO</scope><scope>7RV</scope><scope>7SN</scope><scope>7SS</scope><scope>7T5</scope><scope>7TG</scope><scope>7TM</scope><scope>7U9</scope><scope>7X2</scope><scope>7X7</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88E</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8C1</scope><scope>8FD</scope><scope>8FE</scope><scope>8FG</scope><scope>8FH</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>ABJCF</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ARAPS</scope><scope>ATCPS</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BBNVY</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BGLVJ</scope><scope>BHPHI</scope><scope>C1K</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>D1I</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FR3</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>H94</scope><scope>HCIFZ</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>KB.</scope><scope>KB0</scope><scope>KL.</scope><scope>L6V</scope><scope>LK8</scope><scope>M0K</scope><scope>M0S</scope><scope>M1P</scope><scope>M7N</scope><scope>M7P</scope><scope>M7S</scope><scope>NAPCQ</scope><scope>P5Z</scope><scope>P62</scope><scope>P64</scope><scope>PATMY</scope><scope>PDBOC</scope><scope>PIMPY</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PTHSS</scope><scope>PYCSY</scope><scope>RC3</scope><scope>7X8</scope><scope>5PM</scope><scope>DOA</scope><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-983X</orcidid><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-7798</orcidid></search><sort><creationdate>20211231</creationdate><title>The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task</title><author>Sacchetti, Sofia ; McGlone, Francis ; Cazzato, Valentina ; Mirams, Laura</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c692t-d30615c1dbd38f12b5ce7e3cbb998ba226b7f41f75adf7f76a5235e8b77267323</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2021</creationdate><topic>Accuracy</topic><topic>Adult</topic><topic>Affect - physiology</topic><topic>Afferent Pathways - physiology</topic><topic>Arousal</topic><topic>Authorship</topic><topic>Biology and Life Sciences</topic><topic>Cheek</topic><topic>Desensitization</topic><topic>Female</topic><topic>Galvanic Skin Response</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>Hypotheses</topic><topic>Interpersonal relations</topic><topic>Mechanoreceptors</topic><topic>Medicine and Health Sciences</topic><topic>Middle Aged</topic><topic>Mood</topic><topic>Optimization</topic><topic>Physical Sciences</topic><topic>Physiological aspects</topic><topic>Receiving</topic><topic>Self Report</topic><topic>Sensory integration</topic><topic>Signal detection</topic><topic>Skin</topic><topic>Skin Physiological Phenomena</topic><topic>Social Sciences</topic><topic>Surveys and Questionnaires</topic><topic>Tactile stimuli</topic><topic>Task Performance and Analysis</topic><topic>Touch</topic><topic>Touch - physiology</topic><topic>Touch Perception - physiology</topic><topic>Velocity</topic><topic>Young Adult</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Sacchetti, Sofia</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>McGlone, Francis</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Cazzato, Valentina</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Mirams, Laura</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints</collection><collection>Gale In Context: Science</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Animal Behavior Abstracts</collection><collection>Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)</collection><collection>Biotechnology Research Abstracts</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Database</collection><collection>Ecology Abstracts</collection><collection>Entomology Abstracts (Full archive)</collection><collection>Immunology Abstracts</collection><collection>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts</collection><collection>Nucleic Acids Abstracts</collection><collection>Virology and AIDS Abstracts</collection><collection>Agricultural Science Collection</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Medical Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>Public Health Database</collection><collection>Technology Research Database</collection><collection>ProQuest SciTech Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Technology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Materials Science & Engineering Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>Biological Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Technology Collection</collection><collection>Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Materials Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Engineering Research Database</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts</collection><collection>SciTech Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>Materials Science Database</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest Engineering Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Biological Science Collection</collection><collection>Agricultural Science Database</collection><collection>Health & Medical Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database</collection><collection>Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)</collection><collection>Biological Science Database</collection><collection>Engineering Database</collection><collection>Nursing & Allied Health Premium</collection><collection>Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts</collection><collection>Environmental Science Database</collection><collection>Materials Science Collection</collection><collection>Access via ProQuest (Open Access)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>Engineering Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>Genetics Abstracts</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><collection>PubMed Central (Full Participant titles)</collection><collection>DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals</collection><jtitle>PloS one</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Sacchetti, Sofia</au><au>McGlone, Francis</au><au>Cazzato, Valentina</au><au>Mirams, Laura</au><au>Costantini, Marcello</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task</atitle><jtitle>PloS one</jtitle><addtitle>PLoS One</addtitle><date>2021-12-31</date><risdate>2021</risdate><volume>16</volume><issue>12</issue><spage>e0261060</spage><pages>e0261060-</pages><issn>1932-6203</issn><eissn>1932-6203</eissn><abstract>Affective touch refers to the emotional and motivational facets of tactile sensation and has been linked to the activation of a specialised system of mechanosensory afferents (the CT system), that respond optimally to slow caress-like touch. Affective touch has been shown to play an important role in the building of the bodily self: the multisensory integrated global awareness of one's own body. Here we investigated the effects of affective touch on subsequent tactile awareness and multisensory integration using the Somatic Signal Detection Task (SSDT). During the SSDT, participants were required to detect near-threshold tactile stimulation on their cheek, in the presence/absence of a concomitant light. Participants repeated the SSDT twice, before and after receiving a touch manipulation. Participants were divided into two groups: one received affective touch (CT optimal; n = 32), and the second received non-affective touch (non-CT optimal; n = 34). Levels of arousal (skin conductance levels, SCLs) and mood changes after the touch manipulation were also measured. Affective touch led to an increase in tactile accuracy, as indicated by less false reports of touch and a trend towards higher tactile sensitivity during the subsequent SSDT. Conversely, non-affective touch was found to induce a partial decrease in the correct detection of touch possibly due to a desensitization of skin mechanoreceptors. Both affective and non-affective touch induced a more positive mood and higher SCLs in participants. The increase in SCLs was greater after affective touch. We conclude that receiving affective touch enhances the sense of bodily self therefore increasing perceptual accuracy and awareness. Higher SCLs are suggested to be a possible mediator linking affective touch to a greater tactile accuracy. Clinical implications are discussed.</abstract><cop>United States</cop><pub>Public Library of Science</pub><pmid>34972120</pmid><doi>10.1371/journal.pone.0261060</doi><tpages>e0261060</tpages><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-983X</orcidid><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-7798</orcidid><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 1932-6203 |
| ispartof | PloS one, 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.e0261060 |
| issn | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_plos_journals_2615610124 |
| source | MEDLINE; DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals; Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals Open Access; EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals; PubMed Central; Free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry |
| subjects | Accuracy Adult Affect - physiology Afferent Pathways - physiology Arousal Authorship Biology and Life Sciences Cheek Desensitization Female Galvanic Skin Response Humans Hypotheses Interpersonal relations Mechanoreceptors Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mood Optimization Physical Sciences Physiological aspects Receiving Self Report Sensory integration Signal detection Skin Skin Physiological Phenomena Social Sciences Surveys and Questionnaires Tactile stimuli Task Performance and Analysis Touch Touch - physiology Touch Perception - physiology Velocity Young Adult |
| title | The off-line effect of affective touch on multisensory integration and tactile perceptual accuracy during the somatic signal detection task |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-02T14%3A21%3A47IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_plos_&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20off-line%20effect%20of%20affective%20touch%20on%20multisensory%20integration%20and%20tactile%20perceptual%20accuracy%20during%20the%20somatic%20signal%20detection%20task&rft.jtitle=PloS%20one&rft.au=Sacchetti,%20Sofia&rft.date=2021-12-31&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=12&rft.spage=e0261060&rft.pages=e0261060-&rft.issn=1932-6203&rft.eissn=1932-6203&rft_id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0261060&rft_dat=%3Cgale_plos_%3EA688366291%3C/gale_plos_%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=2615610124&rft_id=info:pmid/34972120&rft_galeid=A688366291&rft_doaj_id=oai_doaj_org_article_37ced5ecf04d474697d096e68ec307ef&rfr_iscdi=true |