Abstract
Evidence in adults suggests that neural and behavioral responses to touch vary as a function of the perceived identity of the toucher (Gazzola et al., 2012; Suvilehto et al., 2015). Research on infants is significantly scarcer, with only one study published to date. In their seminal work, Aguirre et al. assessed the heart rate of 9-month-old infants in two conditions: a) soft brush stroke…