Reduced relationship-specific social touching and atypical association with emotional bonding in autistic adults
Our results suggest that adults with ASD generally prefer less social touch from most social network members and show reduced emotional bonding with only a specific connection. In addition, touch allowance was more strongly associated with emotional bonding in ASD than TD adults. These findings highlight the influence of autistic traits on the relationship between social touch and emotional bonding within social networks.
Authors
- Lauri Nummenmaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2497-9757)
- Hirotaka Kosaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-5025)
- Kai Makita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-9485)
- Atsushi Fukuoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-7721)
- Ryo Kitada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-4033)
- Takuya Makino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-1636)
- Nodoka Sakakihara
Institutions
- University of Fukui (JP)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Turku PET Centre (FI)
- Kobe University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Molecular Autism
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00666-0
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.16
Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Moonshot Research and Development Program