Louise P. Kirsch

This paper introduces a method to measure skin-to-skin touch by detecting tactile waves using an accelerometer, showing sensitivity to touch tonicity and speed.

This study shows that right insula damage affects the perception of pleasant touch, with posterior lesions reducing contralateral sensitivity and anterior lesions reducing ipsilateral sensitivity.

This study investigates whether affective touch can enhance body ownership in patients with right hemisphere stroke by examining its impact on limb ownership and neural correlates.

This study investigates how vestibular stimulation modulates multisensory integration during felt and vicarious tactile stimulation, showing differential effects based on the epistemic relevance of the sensory input.

This study combines CT stimulation with signal detection theory to examine affective touch discrimination and metacognition, finding better accuracy and confidence on CT-innervated skin.

This study investigates how affective congruency between visual and tactile stimuli influences the rubber hand illusion, finding that congruency enhances embodiment compared to uncertainty or incongruency.