The Virtual Touch Toolkit: An Interactive Media Mobile Application for Promoting Well-Being through Affective and Social Touch
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Contributors
Abstract
The 'Virtual Touch Toolkit' is the exergame bundle of a newly developed smartphone application for mental health. The primary aim of the exercises is to promote self-discovery by focusing on social, affective touch. The necessity of acknowledging the undervalued properties of affective touch in this day and age is more important than ever as a global pandemic is provoking societal changes that are predicted to be detrimental to our mutual need for affective touch. The toolkit comprises multiple features and sets of exercises, which are designed to stimulate the user's oxytocinergic and reward systems while offering educational insights on affective touch.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, IMET 2022 - Proceedings |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781665470162 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-6654-7017-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Series | International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET) |
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Conference
| Title | 2nd International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies |
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| Abbreviated title | IMET 2022 |
| Conference number | 2 |
| Duration | 4 - 7 October 2022 |
| Website | |
| Location | CYENS Centre of Excellence |
| City | Limassol |
| Country | Cyprus |
External IDs
| ORCID | /0000-0001-6540-5891/work/150883520 |
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Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- affective touch, COVID-19, gamification, health technologies, mobile media, neurology, social distancing, well-being