Touch increases autonomic coupling between romantic partners

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Chatel Goldman, Jonas ^a   Congedo, Marco ^a   Jutten, Christian ^a   Schwartz, Jean Luc ^a  

^a GIPSA LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Affective touch; Electrodermal activity; Empathy; Interpersonal coupling; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL TOUCH; MALE; PULSE RATE; SEXUALITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOUCH;

EID: 84897052280     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00095     Document Type: Article

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