The skin as a social organ.

摘要: In general, social neuroscience research tends to focus on visual and auditory channels as routes for information. However, because the skin is site of events processes crucial way we think about, feel interact with one another, touch can mediate perceptions in various ways. This review situates cutaneous perception within a framework by discussing evidence considering (and some extent pain) channel Social information conveys features individuals or their interactions that have potential bearing future interactions, attendant mental emotional states. Here, discuss an affective dimension explore its wider implications exchange We consider three important roles this senses transmission processing information: first, through affiliative behavior communication; second, via skin-brain pathways; third, basis intersubjective representation.