Emotions from touch

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Touching different types of surfaces may incur certain emotions. This was the conclusion made by the psychologists from the Higher School of Economics in a recent empirical study. Previously, emotional perception was generally studied in relation to visual and audial modalities. The study's results were published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news