Cognitive and emotional regulation processes of spontaneous facial self-touch are activated in the first milliseconds of touch: Replication of previous EEG findings and further insights.

ABSTRACT: Spontaneously touching one's own face (sFST) is an everyday behavior that occurs in people of all ages, worldwide. It is-as opposed to actively touching the own face-performed without directing one's attention to the action, and it serves neither instrumental (scratching, nose picking) nor communicative purposes. These sFST have been discussed in the context of self-regulation, emotional homeostasis, working memory processes, and attention focus. Even though self-touch research dates back decades, neuroimaging studies of this spontaneous behavior are basically nonexistent. To date, there is only one electroencephalography study that analyzed spectral power changes before and after sFST in 14 participants. The present study replicates the previous study on a larger sample. Sixty participant

SUBMITTER: Spille JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857530 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature