Our own @ckrahe1 drawing the crowds for her talk on affective touch and pain! Her talk was part of a session at #EFIC2023 session on The Effects of Social Context on Acute #Pain. LJMU Psychology RCBB LJMU Institute for Health Research

Happy to share our new preprint on vicarious execution and reception of interpersonal touch - stay tuned! LJMU Psychology RCBB biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📣New from our own Valentina Cazzato Dr Ashleigh Bellard et al. TMS study highlighting distinguishable roles for mPFC and S1 in self versus other referenced ratings of vicarious social touch. #Liverpool #Neuroscience

Looking forward to our Ageing Better with an Active Mind seminar series with u3a Aughton. Join us to hear Susannah Walker from LJMUHealth, LJMU Psychology,SomAffect to talk about the 'sense of touch🧠' 3 Nov,11 am,St Michael’s Church Hall aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk #ageingbetter Edge Hill Research Office

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS!!!! I am an #actuallyautistic PhD candidate looking for parents of children aged 11-15 to complete an anonymous online survey about their child's pain. Further details below!! #AltText Link can be found here to participate: ljmu.questionpro.eu/t/AB3uxfOZB3vc…

Big thank you to Dr Charlotte Krahe for leading today’s RCBB event in neuroscience. Dr. David Moore, Paula Trotter, Ralph Pawling and Valentina Cazzato delivered insightful studies on interoception, delving into the realms of pain and touch. #neuroscience #interoceptionstudies

Sincere appreciations to Laura Crucianelli from QMUL Psychology for her valuable presence at today's RCBB event and presenting on the contribution of skin-mediated interoceptive signals to the sense of body ownership.#Neuroscience

Appreciate the invaluable contribution of Matt Howard from Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at the RCBB event and presenting the latest developments of neuroimaging in treatments for pain. #neuroscience

Join us for RCBB’s dementia event led by Michael Richter on Dec 6th, 9:30am in BS 3.29. Speakers Davide Bruno, Tse Dorothy, Elisa Di Rosa, & @ainarajauregizinkunegi will share their pioneering research. Don't miss this opportunity to get an insight into the latest advancements!

LOOKING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGED 11-15!!! I am an #actuallyautistic PhD candidate looking for participants to complete an anonymous online survey about their child's pain. Involves #prizedraw Further details below!! #AltText Link: ljmu.questionpro.eu/t/AB3uxfOZB3vc…

'Nothing could prepare me for the question the doctor was about to ask' liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

How do you know if something is wet/dry? Humans have no dedicated sensor for humidity. Instead, we rely -mainly- on thermal cues. Do the test: sit on a cold bench, your first reaction is: The bench is Wet! @ploumitsakou, Muheim Jonathan, Silvestro Micera, Francesco Iberite , Thermosenselab

Remapping wetness perception in upper limb amputees - fascinating and important work👇

Touch can reduce pain, depression and anxiety, say researchers theguardian.com/science/2024/a…

🌟 Consensual touch helps! 🌟 Wanna know against what? Read our work now published in Nature Human Behaviour! A 🦣 of a project with Julian Packheiser Frédéric Michon Kelly Fredriksen Valeria Gazzola and Christian Keysers! Social Brain Lab NIN Ruhr-Universität Bochum Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social Medizinische Fakultät Essen Neurologie Essen 1/n

To touch or to be touched? By comparing appraisal ratings of vicarious touch execution and reception we provide evidence of a CT-specific preference for vicarious touch execution and more journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… RCBB LJMU Psychology PLOS ONE

Hello #affectivetouch community! Planning a study on affective touch, using skin-to-skin touch between mothers and their 6-month-old infants. Does anyone have experience with specific methods for training and measuring touch pressure? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

📣 New Paper out in Physiology & Behavior. High frequency heart rate variability is associated with sensitivity to affective #touch - ScienceDirect With ⁦Ralph Pawling⁩ & ⁦Francis McGlone⁩ ⁦SomAffect⁩ ⁦RCBB⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Faculty of Health Public Lecture Series. October 1st, 5.00pm Liverpool John Moores University “Making Sense of the Body in Chronic Pain.” We have two fantastic speakers who together will highlight the multidisciplinary nature of #pain research. #Liverpool #Nursing #Psychology eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-ch…