Most animals can distinguish two distinct types of touch stimuli: gentle (innocuous) and harsh (noxious/painful) touch, however, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Caenorhabditis elegans is a useful model for the study of gentle touch sensation. However, little is known about harsh touch sensation in this organism. Here we characterize harsh touch sensation in C. elegans. We sho...

Direct touch input is employed on many devices, but it is inherently restricted to displays that are reachable by the user. Gaze input as a mediator can extend touch to remote displays using gaze for remote selection, and touch for local manipulation but at what cost and benefit? In this paper, we investigate the potential trade-off with four experiments that empirically compare remote Gaze+tou...

The goal of the present study was to develop and validate a measure of touch deprivation. One hundred ninety-eight undergraduate students completed the measure. The measure was shown to be both reliable and accounted for factorial, concurrent, predictive, and criterion validity. Results indicated that touch deprivation was related to several different variables, such as self-esteem and depressi...

Disabled activists in the United States brought unique expertise to HIV/AIDS 1980s and ’90s, including understanding social stigma health as justice issues approaching information a complex access problem. Disproportionately affected Deaf communities mounted response that carefully blended face-to-face caring practices with mediated by for deaf people grappling HIV. San Francisco’s AIDS Informa...

Background: Pain has physiological and psychological effects on a child's life and various body systems. Tactile stimulation affects the central nervous system and releases analgesic drugs resulting in the inhibition of pain. Aim: The main purpose of this study was effect of touch on the intensity and duration of pain during venipuncture in school-age children. Methods: This clinical trial was ...