H. Olausson

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• Slow brushing reduces heat pain in humans
• The neurobiology shaping affective touch: Expectation, motivation, and meaning in the multisensory context
• In touch with your emotions: Oxytocin and touch change social impressions while others' facial expressions can alter touch
• Oxytocin enhances pupil dilation and sensitivity to 'hidden' emotional expressions
• Placebo improves pleasure and pain through opposite modulation of sensory processing