“Bodily pleasure matters: The role of affective touch in a healthy sense of the bodily self” at University of Hertfordshire

Katlab PhD student Laura Crucianelli, gave a talk on the 19th of November on her research at University of Hertfordshire as part of the Psychology and Sport Sciences Research Seminars.

Abstract

Bodily pleasure matters: The role of affective touch in a healthy sense of the bodily self

Slow, caress-like touch may play a unique role in the development and maintenance of psychological wellbeing in humans. In particular, recent evidence shows that affective touch (i.e. slow, caress-like touch), and more generally interoception signals (i.e. information about the physiological condition of the body) may make a unique contribution to the sense of body ownership. In the first part of this talk I shall describe recent experimental evidence highlighting the importance of interoceptive information, and particularly affective (pleasant) touch, in the sense of body ownership. In the second part I shall discus recent research suggesting that individuals with Anorexia Nervosa show altered subjective responses to interoceptive stimuli such as hunger, physical pain and perception of bodily signals. In line with this existing research, our data suggest an impairment in bodily pleasure in anorexia nervosa, which could potentially be linked to the detection of affective touch. Implications and future directions of these findings in relation to body image will be highlighted and discussed.

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