Affective touch awareness in mental health and disease relates to autistic traits - An explorative neurophysiological investigation.

Abstract:

:Affective touch is important for social interaction within families and groups and there is evidence that unmyelinated C tactile fibers are involved in this process. Individuals with autism spectrum disorders show alterations in the perception and processing of affective touch. sThus, we hypothesized that affective touch awareness based on C tactile fiber activation is impaired in individuals with high levels of autistic trait. The pleasantness perception of optimal and suboptimal C tactile stimuli was tested in an explorative study in 70 patients recruited from an outpatient psychotherapy clinic and 69 healthy comparison subjects. All participants completed questionnaires about autistic traits, depressive symptomatology, childhood maltreatment, and about the daily amount of touch. Relative to comparison subjects, patients reported engaging in touch less frequently in daily life and rated touch less pleasant. Reduced valence ratings of touch were explained by childhood maltreatment but not by any particular disorder or depression severity. Among all tested variables, the affective touch awareness correlated with autistic traits only - in patients as well as in comparison subjects. Taken together, individuals with mental health issues have a lower baseline of expression and reception of affective touch. Autistic traits and childhood maltreatment modulate the experience of affective touch.

journal_name

Psychiatry Res

journal_title

Psychiatry research

authors

Croy I,Geide H,Paulus M,Weidner K,Olausson H

doi

10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-11-30 00:00:00

pages

491-496

eissn

0165-1781

issn

1872-7123

pii

S0165-1781(16)30688-6

journal_volume

245

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