A critical issue highlighted in the pandemic was the lack of touch due to social restrictions18. To accommodate the need for touch in individuals with small social networks (for example, institutionalized or isolated individuals), touch interventions using objects/robots have been explored in the pas...
lasted less than 5 min, and it therefore remains unclear whether very short interventions have the same effect. A critical issue highlighted in the pandemic was the lack of touch due to social restrictions18. To accommodate the need for touch in individuals with small social networks (for exa...