The (Null) Effect of Affective Touch on Betrayal Aversion, Altruism, and Risk Taking.

What it found

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Altruistic acting caused by a touching hand: neural underpinnings of the Midas touch effect.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2022
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2. Sensory Stimulation of Oxytocin Release Is Associated With Stress Management and Maternal Care.Frontiers in psychology · 2020
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3. Slow touch targeting CT-fibres does not increase prosocial behaviour in economic laboratory tasks.Scientific reports · 2018
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Authors and funding

5 authors.

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