A 2017-18 Social Science Plus Pilot Project (£11,500)
Digital Touch Emoticons brought together experts on touch from social science, neuroscience and computer science with the aim to understand how affective touch can be digitally-mediated to enhance social communication and positive social feedback. The project used methods from these three disciplines to generate a prototype design and explored how a device for digital touch communication could be best commercialized in the near future.
Project Team
Social Science Principal Investigator
Professor Professor Technology and Learning, Culture Communication and Media Department/ °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
Non-Social Science Co-Investigator
Dr. Reader in Affective Neuroscience, Research Department of Clinical, Health and Educational Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Brain Sciences, SLMS, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
Additional Co-Investigators
Professor Professor in Affective Computing and Interaction, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Interaction Centre, connected to both the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences and Computer Science, Brain Sciences, SLMS, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
Professor , Professor of Digital Learning, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Knowledge Lab, Department of Culture, Communication and Media, Institute of Education, °×С½ãÂÛ̳