Louise P Kirsch

Vicarious Touch: A Potential Substitute for Social Touch During Touch Deprivation Restricted interpersonal touch experiences, for instance due to COVID-19 social distancing measures, result in detrimental effects on anxiety, loneliness and psychological well-being. Yet, interventi...

🎉 Excited to share our paper out in EJSP - showing that vicarious touch, i.e. observing human-pet tactile interactions, can reduce stress, in times of social touch deprivation such as the first COVID lockdown !
Co-led with @marianavonmohr.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @katerinafoto.bsky.social

When listening to the vibrations produced by social touch, people can identify not only the specific gestures but also the underlying socio-emotional intentions!

#ISIR #INCC
@cnrs.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr‬ ‪@upcite.bsky.social‬ ‪@agencerecherche.bsky.social‬

Paving the way for social touch at a distance: Sonifying tactile interactions and their underlying emotions | PNAS Social touch is crucial for human well-being, as a lack of tactile interactions increases anxiety, loneliness, and need for social support. To addr...

🎉 Excited to share our latest publication in @pnas.org - Paving the way for social touch at a distance!
👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407614122
Great work by Alexandra de Lagarde, PhD student at ISIR, and in collaboration with Catherine Pelachaud and Malika Auvray

cog-SUP is a Masters program in Cognitive Science jointly offered by… | cog-SUP cog-SUP is a Masters program in Cognitive Science jointly offered by Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne Université! Jérôme Iste, Talia Sander and Joaquín Schlotthauer from the first cog-SUP class is t...

#cog-SUP is a Masters program in Cognitive Science jointly offered by @upcite.bsky.social and @sorbonne-universite.fr! Jérôme Iste, Talia Sander and Joaquín Schlotthauer from the first cog-SUP class is telling you all about it!

More info: cog-sup.fr

www.linkedin.com/posts/cog-su...

Looking for a candidate to apply to the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships 🚨

If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)

www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...

#cog-SUP, the Master in Cognitive Science of Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne Université, is still accepting applications. Come join us!

cog-sup.fr

Looking for a candidate to apply to the @fondationfyssen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships 🚨

If you would like to work on social touch at INCC in Paris, contact me ! (and if you you are defending your PhD before December 25 - not in France)

www.fondationfyssen.fr/en/study-gra...

The #cognitive_neuroscience cog-SUP track bridges the biological activity of the nervous system and cognitive and mental activity. Students acquire advanced mastery of the full range of imaging and recording techniques used in cognitive neuroscience. Join us!

More info: cog-sup.fr/neuroscience/

The #psychology track of cog-SUP trains the new generation of cognitive psychologists in classic methods and approaches, augmented by solid training in modern scientific methods. Join us!
cog-sup.fr/psychology/
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