The Experience of Affective Touch in Obesity

The Experience of Affective Touch in Obesity: the Role of Social Anhedonia and Lifespan Experiences

The aim of the present research is to verify if the pleasantness of affective touch is comparable between women with obesity and healthy women, while measuring the level of social anhedonia and the lifespan experience of affective touch.

Inclusion criteria:

• right-handed;
• diagnosis of obesity (i.e., the level of body mass index (BMI( greater than or equal to 30).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders
• Evidence of any skin-related condition possibly affecting sensitivity on the participants' forearm (e.g., eczema, scars).