Affective touch

情感触摸是科学领域的一个新兴领域，出版物数量稳步增长。随着所谓的C-触觉神经纤维及其在人类中的功能的发现，对这一分支研究的兴趣显著增加。然而，随着研究活动的增加，现在也出现了统一命名的问题。目前，由触觉神经纤维介导的触摸被称为各种术语，例如“情感”、“亲和”、“（亲）社交”或“深情”。这些术语有不同的含义，但并非所有研究人员都一致使用（有时甚至不在同一研究人员内部）。该网络的目标是组织和构建情感触摸研究的核心术语，以便使我们和后代的研究人员能够快速定位自己，并提供一致的操作化，从而实现科学进步。该网络的次要目标是促进青年科学家的发展和开发国际第三方供资的联合可能性。

Affective touch is an emerging field in the scientific landscape with a steadily growing number of publications. Interest in this branch of research has increased significantly with the discovery of the so-called C-tactile nerve fibers and their function in humans. However, with the increase in research activities, the problem of a uniform nomenclature is now also arising. Currently, touch mediated by c-tactile nerve fibers is referred to by various terms, such as "affective", "affiliative", "(pro)social" or "affectionate". These terms have different connotations, but they are not used consistently by all researchers (and sometimes not even within the same researchers). It is the goal of the network to organize and structure the core terms for the study of affective touch in order to enable our and subsequent generations of researchers to quickly orient themselves and to provide consistent operationalizations and thus scientific progress. Secondary goals of the network are the promotion of young scientists and the development of joint possibilities for international third-party funding.