Research Topics

The neural basis of social touch and affective neuroscience

Working with psychedelic drugs to explore their effect on perception and reaction to social touch and empathy
The role of social touch in psychotherapy for healthy and clinical populations
The importance of touch and intimate relations in healthy participants and aversion to social touch in clinical populations such as autism, depression, PTSD (due to assault), schizophrenia, personality disorders and more.
The effect of interindividual differences in healthy individuals and their effect on social touch (personality, neuroticism, attachment style and more)