Infectious touching: Has COVID-19 changed our perceptions of social touch? A neural and behavioural study.

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci · 2025 · PMC13223738 · PMID 40569075

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In the peri-COVID-19 group, the interaction between touch and object was marginally significant ( F (1, 42) = 4.004, P = .052, partial η 2 = .087).

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