Juniorprofessor Merle Fairhurst

2025

• Touch facilitates newborns’ self-regulation: Systematic review of multidimensional arousal outcomesValori, I., Merkel, J. L., Furlan, G., Grossmann, T. & Fairhurst, M. T., Nov 2025, In: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 178, 106353Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
• Verification of appropriate neurophysiological tests to assess auditory-cognitive responses during memory retrieval while reproducing urban soundscape scenesEngel, M., Fairhurst, M. & Altinsoy, M. E., 18 Aug 2025, Inter-Noise 2025 - 54th International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. 1 ed., Sao Paulo: Pro Acústica - Associacao Brasileira para a Qualidade Acústica, Vol. 1. p. 1-12, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• From tissue to sound: A new paradigm for medical sonic interaction designMatinfar, S., Dehghani, S., Salehi, M., Sommersperger, M., Navab, N., Faridpooya, K., Fairhurst, M. & 1 others, Jul 2025, In: Medical Image Analysis. 103, 103571Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Tapping into Touch Preferences and Individual Behaviours: Assessing and Improving the HandsOn Mobile AppFairhurst, M. T., Sun, W., Hadjipanayi, C., Michael-Grigoriou, D. & Banakou, D., Jul 2025, ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation: 13th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2024, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 13–15, 2024, Proceedings, Part II. Brooks, A. L., Banakou, D. & Ceperkovic, S. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media B.V., p. 148-164, 17 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• Touch-driven advantages in reaction time but not in performance in a cross-sensory comparison of reinforcement learningSun, W., Ripp, I., Borrmann, A., Moll, M. & Fairhurst, M., 15 Jan 2025, In: Heliyon. 11, 1, 13 p., e41330Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Editorial: Interpersonal synchrony and network dynamics in social interaction, volume IIMüller, V., Fairhurst, M. T., van Vugt, F. T. & Keller, P. E., 2025, In: Frontiers in human neuroscience. 19, 1667942Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
• Legal Requirements, Trust Issues and Engineering Challenges - A Multi-disciplinary Case for User-Specific ExplainabilityFairhurst, M., Kaesling, K. & Klös, V., 2025, Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Third World Conference xAI 2025. Guidotti, R., Schmid, U. & Longo, L. (eds.).p. 354-377Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• The Power of Touch: How can Social Touch impact the Trust, Body Representation and Exercise Performance of Patients in a Wearable Physiotherapy Assistant?Visentin, N., Fairhurst, M., Sun, W., Niu, X., Floessel, P., Wunderlich, F. C., Lüneburg, L. & 7 others, 2025, In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 28, p. 348-358, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

• Correction to: Propensity to trust shapes perceptions of comforting touch between trustworthy human and robot partners (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (6747), 10.1038/s41598-024-57582-1)Valori, I., Fan, Y., Jung, M. M. & Fairhurst, M. T., Dec 2024, In: Scientific reports. Vol. 14. p. 10203Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Corrections (errata and retractions)
• Multisensory experiences of affective touch in virtual reality enhance engagement, body ownership, pleasantness, and arousal modulationSun, W., Banakou, D., Świdrak, J., Valori, I., Slater, M. & Fairhurst, M. T., Dec 2024, In: Virtual Reality. 28, 4, 162Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article