The Communication of Emotion via Touch

被引:356
作者
Hertenstein, Matthew J. [1 ]
Holmes, Rachel [1 ]
McCullough, Margaret [1 ]
Keltner, Dacher [2 ]
机构
[1] Depauw Univ, Dept Psychol, Greencastle, IN 46135 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Psychol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
touch; emotion; tactile; communication; EXPRESSION;
D O I
10.1037/a0016108
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The study of emotional communication has focused predominantly on the facial and vocal channels but has ignored the tactile channel. Participants in the current study were allowed to touch an unacquainted partner on the whole body to communicate distinct emotions. Of interest was how accurately the person being touched decoded the intended emotions without seeing the tactile stimulation. The data indicated that anger, fear, disgust, love, gratitude, and sympathy were decoded at greater than chance levels, as well as happiness and sadness, 2 emotions that have not been shown to be communicated by touch to date. Moreover, fine-grained coding documented specific touch behaviors associated with different emotions. The findings are discussed in terms of their contribution to the study of emotion-related communication.
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页码:566 / 573
页数:8
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