For the first time, the Festival of Touch combined the Research In Touch and IASAT meetings, to bring together researchers covering all aspects of touch. Find Out More ➡
“…the skin is a site of the events and processes crucial to the way we think about, feel about, and interact with one another…”
Morrison I., Löken L. S., Olausson H. (2010)
The festival organisers and IASAT committee were saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Vincent Hayward in Paris on 10th May 2023. Vincent was a pioneer in the field of Haptics and tactile perception. Read more…
It’s been a while since we’ve had news to share – but we want to get back in touch. The International Association for the Study of Affective Touch (IASAT) is organising a Social Event during the Read more…
Please bear with us! We’re making significant updates to IASAT.org – some things may break, and some functionality may be missing. clique neste link agora
Social touch is not purely a human behaviour. In fact, the C-tactile (CT) afferent was first characterised (as a C-low threshold mechanoreceptor) in cats. In this paper Testard et al. explore the social relationships within groups of macaques on a remote Read more…
The role of oxytocin (OT) in social behaviours has long been considered. Some studies suggest that endogenous OT is a mediator of social relationships, while other studies have shown that the exogenous manipulation of OT may not Read more…