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Touching the social robot PARO reduces pain perception and salivary oxytocin levels

Human-human social touch improves mood and alleviates pain. No studies have so far tested the effect of human-robot emotional touch on experimentally induced pain ratings, on mood and on oxytocin levels in healthy young adults. Here, we assessed the effect of touching the robot PARO on pain percepti...

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Autores principales: Geva, Nirit, Uzefovsky, Florina, Levy-Tzedek, Shelly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7299999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32555432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66982-y