Touching Emotions
How Touch Shapes Facial Emotional Processing Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Letizia Della Longa (0000-0003-0159-3744, University of Padua, corresponding author), TERESA FARRONI (0000-0003-1876-3703, University of Padua) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1112-1112 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph22071112 |
| PMID | 40724179 |
| OpenAlex | W4412426299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 77 |
Emotion recognition is an essential social ability that continues to develop across adolescence, a period of critical socio-emotional changes. In the present study, we examine how signals from different sensory modalities, specifically touch and facial expressions, are integrated into a holistic understanding of another's feelings. Adolescents ( n = 30) and young adults ( n = 30) were presented with dynamic faces displaying either a positive (happy) or a negative (sad) expression. Crucially, facial expressions were anticipated by a tactile stimulation, either positive or negative. Across two experiments, we use different tactile primes, both in first-person experience (experiment 1) and in the vicarious experience of touch (experiment 2). We measured accuracy and reaction times to investigate whether tactile stimuli affect facial emotional processing. In both experiments, results indicate that adolescents were more sensitive than adults to the influence of tactile primes, suggesting that sensory cues modulate adolescents' accuracy and velocity in evaluating emotion facial expression. The present findings offer valuable insights into how tactile experiences might shape and support emotional development and interpersonal social interactions
Affect (linguistics · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Emotional expression · Facial expression · Feeling · Interpersonal communication · Modalities · Sensory stimulation therapy · Sensory system · Stimulus modality · Communication · Face Recognition and Perception · Multisensory perception and integration · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |