Excitatory Stimulation of Somatosensory Cortex Influences Emotional Responses to Positive Social Touch in Individuals with Low Affective Empathy

Poster Session IV

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Abstract: Somatosensory cortex (SI) activity was enhanced using anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in 59 participants (ages 19–36) while rating emotional responses to images of humans or objects either touching or not. Individuals with low affective empathy show reduced emotional ratings to positive social interaction during tDCS to SI.

• Naama Zur (Presenting Author)
• Leehe Peled-Avron (Author)
• Hadar Nahmani (Author)
• Simone Shamay-Tsoory (Author)
• Peter Turkeltaub (Author)
• Casey Brown (Author)