Sahba Nomvula Besharati

This study compares subjective and neurophysiological responses to affective touch between women in South Africa and the United Kingdom, finding cultural differences in touch perception and neural processing.

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.