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Emotion Measurements Through the Touch of Materials Surfaces

Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2020-01, Vol.13, p.455-455 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2020 Bertheaux, Toscano, Fortunier, Roux, Charier and Borg. ;COPYRIGHT 2020 Frontiers Research Foundation ;2020. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;Copyright © 2020 Bertheaux, Toscano, Fortunier, Roux, Charier and Borg. 2020 Bertheaux, Toscano, Fortunier, Roux, Charier and Borg ;ISSN: 1662-5161 ;EISSN: 1662-5161 ;DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00455 ;PMID: 32009917

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  • Title:
    Emotion Measurements Through the Touch of Materials Surfaces
  • Author: Bertheaux, Cyril ; Toscano, Rosario ; Fortunier, Roland ; Roux, Jean-Christophe ; Charier, David ; Borg, Céline
  • Subjects: Autonomic nervous system ; Cognitive ability ; dilation of the pupil ; emotion ; Emotions ; Engineering Sciences ; explicit and implicit measures ; Exploration ; Guillain-Barre syndrome ; material ; Nervous system ; Neuroscience ; Skin ; Studies ; Tactile stimuli ; touch
  • Is Part Of: Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2020-01, Vol.13, p.455-455
  • Description: The emotion generated by the touch of materials is studied via a protocol based on blind assessment of various stimuli. The human emotional reaction felt toward a material is estimated through (i) explicit measurements, using a questionnaire collecting valence and intensity, and (ii) implicit measurements of the activity of the autonomic nervous system, via a pupillometry equipment. A panel of 25 university students (13 women, 12 men), aged from 18 to 27, tested blind twelve materials such as polymers, sandpapers, wood, velvet and fur, randomly ordered. After measuring the initial pupil diameter, taken as a reference, its variation during the tactile exploration was recorded. After each touch, the participants were asked to quantify the emotional value of the material. The results show that the pupil size variation follows the emotional intensity. It is significantly larger during the touch of materials considered as pleasant or unpleasant, than with the touch of neutral materials. Moreover, after a time period of about 0.5 s following the stimulus, the results reveal significant differences between pleasant and unpleasant stimuli, as well as differences according to gender, i.e., higher pupil dilatation of women than men. These results suggest (i) that the autonomic nervous system is initially sensitive to high arousing stimulation, and (ii) that, after a certain period, the pupil size changes according to the cognitive interest induced and the emotional regulation adopted. This research shows the interest of the emotional characterization of materials for product design.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1662-5161
    EISSN: 1662-5161
    DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00455
    PMID: 32009917
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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