Juniorprofessor Merle Fairhurst

2025

• 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, e41330Electronic (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
• The space between us: The effect of perceived threat on discomfort distance and perceived pleasantness of interpersonal vicarious touchAbra, Y., Mirams, L. & Fairhurst, M. T., 30 Aug 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 16, e36487Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Choice enhances touch pleasantnessGorman, L., Sun, W., Mathew, J., Rezazadeh, Z., Sulik, J., Fairhurst, M. & Deroy, O., 10 Jun 2024, In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 86 (2024), 5, p. 1709-1723, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Corrigendum to “Genetic variability in the oxytocin system is linked to individual differences in cuddliness among human infants”, [Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 159, January 2024, 106419] (Psychoneuroendocrinology (2024) 159, (S0306453023003979), (10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106419))Grossmann, T. & Fairhurst, M. T., Jun 2024, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. Vol. 164. p. 107025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Corrections (errata and retractions)
• Propensity to trust shapes perceptions of comforting touch between trustworthy human and robot partnersValori, I., Fan, Y., Jung, M. M. & Fairhurst, M., 21 Mar 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 6747Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Genetic variability in the oxytocin system is linked to individual differences in cuddliness among human infantsGrossmann, T. & Fairhurst, M., Jan 2024, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 159, 106419Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Music influences performance without increasing perceived exertion during high-intensity rowing intervals: a cross-over design studySchittenhelm, A., Brandt, T., Andres, D., Adler, P., Fairhurst, M. T. & Schmidt, A., 2024, In: Frontiers in psychology. 15, 1427373Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

• You, me, and us: Maintaining self-other distinction enhances coordination, agency, and affectFairhurst, M. T., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Keller, P. E. & Deroy, O., 15 Dec 2023, In: iScience. 26, 12, 15 p., 108253Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article