In this Article, we describe a pre-registered, large-scale systematic review and multilevel, multivariate meta-analysis to address this need with quantitative evidence for (1) the effect of touch interventions on physical and mental health and (2) which moderators influence the efficacy of the in...
Because understanding customer touchpoints isessential to creating a proper customer journey mapsince it lets you focus on every interaction with your brand, and tweak it to the point where you’re building a memorable, pleasant experience for each stage of the customer journey. Don’t forget –...
Pleasant touching is an important aspect of social interactions that is widely used as a caregiving technique. To address the problems resulting from a lack of available human caregivers, previous research has attempted to develop robots that can perform this kind of pleasant touch. However, it rem...
of tactile interfaces in the practicality of their use: easily removable, inexpensive, and importantly they afford touch through a pleasant appearance. An improved integration of smart functions into textile structures is especially relevant for the healthcare sector; a number of studies on textile ...