Social touch: A new vista for developmental cognitive neuroscience?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Electronic address: t.gliga@bbk.ac.uk.
² Developmental Psychology and Socialization Department, Padua University, Italy.
³ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Nashville, TN, USA.

Editorial

Teodora Gliga et al. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb:35:1-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 May 26.

¹ Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Electronic address: t.gliga@bbk.ac.uk.
² Developmental Psychology and Socialization Department, Padua University, Italy.
³ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Nashville, TN, USA.

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