Emotions associated with different textures during touch |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Research University Higher School of Economics, 20 Myasnitskaya Street, 101000 Moscow, Russia;2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia;3. Brunel University London, College of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom;4. Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Centre for Experimental Psychology, 2a Shelepikhinskaya Quay, 123290 Moscow, Russia;1. Department of Biology, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia;2. Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia;3. Department of Environmental Ecology, Comenius University, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia;1. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany; National University of Singapore, Singapore;2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA;1. Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45276 Essen, Germany;2. Institute for Integrative Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany;3. Department of Senology, Marienhospital Witten, 58452 Witten, Germany;4. Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Haptics plays an important role in emotion perception. However, most studies of the affective aspects of haptics have investigated emotional valence rather than emotional categories. In the present study, we explored the associations of different textures with six basic emotions: fear, anger, happiness, disgust, sadness and surprise. Participants touched twenty-one different textures and evaluated them using six emotional scales. Additionally, we explored whether individual differences in participants’ levels of alexithymia are related to the intensity of emotions associated with touching the textures. Alexithymia is a trait related to difficulties in identifying, describing and communicating emotions to others. The findings show that people associated touching different textures with distinct emotions. Textures associated with each of the basic emotions were identified. The study also revealed that a higher alexithymia level corresponds to a higher intensity of associations between textures and the emotions of disgust, anger and sadness. |
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| Keywords: | Haptics Emotion Touch Emotion intensity Alexithymia |
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