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Daily Overview

Session

S3-7: C-tactile afferents and the neural coding of pleasant touch

Time:

Thursday, 04/June/2026:

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Presentations

C-tactile afferents and the neural coding of pleasant touch

Chair(s): Annett Schirmer (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Presentations of the Symposium

Influence of applied force on the peripheral encoding and perception of affective stroking touch on hairy arm skin

Paula Trotter¹, Sophia Faresse², Luidgi Thrace², S. Hasan Ali³, Adarsh Makdani¹, Francis McGlone⁴, Andrew G. Marshall³, Rochelle Ackerley²
¹Liverpool John Moores University, ²Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ³University of Liverpool, ⁴Manchester Metropolitan University

EEG signatures of skin-to-skin touch in romantic couples

Christian Schranz, Xiaoqin Cheng, Annett Schirmer
University of Innsbruck

Affective touch in newborns: exploring early correlates of C-tactile afferent functioning

Yvonne Friedrich, Ilona Croy
Friedrich Schiller University

Effects of psilocybin on social touch perception in affective disorders

Lehe Peled-Avron
Bar-Ilan University

ESCAN 2026

3 - 6 June 2026 | Rome, Italy

Conference Agenda