14 citations · 31 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
q-bio.NC2025★ 9 cited
Mechanoreceptive A primary afferents discriminate naturalistic social touch inputs at a functionally relevant time scale
Shan Xu, Steven C. Hauser, Saad S. Nagi +7
Interpersonal touch is an important channel of social emotional interaction. How these physical skin-to-skin touch expressions are processed in the peripheral nervous system is not…
cs.HC2022★ 8 cited
3D Visual Tracking to Quantify Physical Contact Interactions in Human-to-Human Touch
Shan Xu, Chang Xu, Sarah McIntyre +2
Across a plethora of social situations, we touch others in natural and intuitive ways to share thoughts and emotions, such as tapping to get one's attention or caressing to soothe…
cs.HC2022★ 14 cited
Subtle Contact Nuances in the Delivery of Human-to-Human Touch Distinguish Emotional Sentiment
Shan Xu, Chang Xu, Sarah McIntyre +2
We routinely communicate distinct social and emotional sentiments through nuanced touch. For example, we might gently hold another's arm to offer a sense of calm, yet intensively h…