Essays about: "affective touch"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words affective touch.

  1. 1. Supporting Caring Touch : A toolkit for sensitizing soma designers through subtle disruptions

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Christoffer Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Somaesthetic design; touch; care; design methods; research through design; Somaestheticdesign; beröring; omsorgsfullhet; designmetoder; forskning genom design;

    Abstract : Touch-based interactions have been of interest within interaction design, as they can communicate large quantities of information about materials, systems, and impact affective states. This dissertation outlines the process of developing a design method to aid designers in honing their somatic sensibilities to engage in interactions of caring touch through touch-based interactions and explorations. READ MORE

  3. 2. What lays between two toes : Deconstruction and Affect: Exploring the Tabi boots

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Angelika Watta; [2021]
    Keywords : Deconstruction; Affect Theory; Applied Theory; Object Study; Becoming; Tabi boots;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the affective capacity of the Tabi boots by examining the object through the ideas of deconstruction. The boots by Maison Martin Margiela were first introduced in 1989 and sold in different variations over the course of the past 30 years. READ MORE

  4. 3. A System for Affective Touch in Humanoid and Social Robotics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Martin Gunnar Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Humanoid robotics; social robotics; cognitive robotics; affective touch; touch types; machine learning; emotional repsonse; colour expression; colour and emotion; HRI; human-robot-interaction; tactile interaction; social interaction; robotics; somatosensory system; artificial neural network; ANN; support vector machine; SVM; communication; cognition; somatosensation; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : A system for affective touch has been constructed, in a study of humanoid and social robotics. The system detects, processes and analyses signals from touch, identifies touch types, and provides a corresponding emotional response and expression. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rubber hand illusion and affective touch : A systematic review

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Jesper Anell; [2020]
    Keywords : Rubber hand illusion; affective touch; cognitive neuroscience; body ownership; interoception;

    Abstract : The feeling of owning a body part is often investigated by conducting and manipulating the rubber hand illusion, a three-way integration of vision, touch, and proprioception. In the last decade, more research on the role of interoception, the sense of the body's’ internal state, in the illusion has been made. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Sense of Touch : Physiology and Neural Correlates of Affective Touch and its Role in Subjective Wellbeing

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Beatrice Svensson; [2019]
    Keywords : Somatosensory system; affective touch; discriminative touch; C-tactile afferents; subjective wellbeing; positive affect; social relations;

    Abstract : The somatosensory system concerns the sense of touch. It is sectioned into various kinds of touch, such as the proprioceptive sense, providing information of sense of self and position of limbs, and the cutaneous sense, informing of the modalities of touching or being touched. READ MORE