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Functional Touch

Functional Touch is a scholarly contribution that constitutes a distinct method, model, framework, theory, construct, dataset, task, or metric within the domain of touch behavior research, distinguished by its focus on empirically measurable and context-specific tactile interactions serving defined operational purposes.

34

Publications

2.4K

Citations

121

Authors

60

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

Parents

Publications

34

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Martin Weigel, Tong Lu, Gilles Bailly et al. · 2015 · 361 citations

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Hands Touching Hands: Affective and Evaluative Effects of an Interpersonal Touch

Jeffrey D. Fisher, Marvin Rytting, Richard Heslin · Sociometry · 1976 · 318 citations

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Gender differences in touch: An empirical and theoretical review.

Deborah S. Stier, Judith A. Hall · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1984 · 193 citations

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The perception of affective touch in anorexia nervosa

Laura Crucianelli, Valentina Cardi, Janet Treasure et al. · Psychiatry Research · 2016 · 148 citations · Full text

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Toward a theory of touch: the touching process and acquiring a touching style

Carole A. Estabrooks, Janice M. Morse · Journal of Advanced Nursing · 1992 · 115 citations

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Authors

121

  1. SC
    Susannah C. Walker

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 259 citations

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  2. FM
    Francis McGlone

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 228 citations

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  3. AM
    Andrew Marshall

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 85 citations

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    h-index

  4. LC
    Laura Crucianelli

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 240 citations

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  5. PD
    Paula D. Trotter

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 115 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. Liverpool John Moores University

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    870 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    808 citations

  3. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    277 citations

  4. University of Hertfordshire

    Hatfield, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    388 citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    295 citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  7. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Advanced Nursing

    JAN · 2 publications · 167 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 211 citations

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  3. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 67 citations

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