APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Excitatory Stimulation of Somatosensory Cortex Influences Emotional Responses to Positive Social Touch in Individuals with Low Affective Empathy
Session: Poster Session IV
Authors
- Naama ZurPresenting Author
Georgetown University - Leehe Peled-Avron
Bar-Ilan University - Hadar Nahmani
University of Haifa - Simone Shamay-Tsoory
University Haifa - Peter Turkeltaub
Georgetown University - Casey Brown
Georgetown University
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.
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