Hold tight: How human and robotic touch shape our fear responseDoes holding someone’s hand really help when you are watching a scary movie? During a festival (Lowlands) last summer, Professor Jan van Erp and PhD candidate Marie-Laure Snijders from the Human Media Interaction department collaborated on an innovative study examining the relationship between social touch and physiological responses to fear and stress. Organised by the Dutch Touch Society, a collaborative research group comprising multiple Dutch universities and research institutions, the “Hold Tight” experiment provided a unique opportunity to investigate how human and robotic physical contact affects the stress levels of a large group of festival visitors.Read more
Pioneers in Healthcare Award ceremony 2025Innovation is the key to the healthcare of the future. This was once again demonstrated during the 12th Pioneers in Health Care (PIHC) Award ceremony. At the Asito Stadium in Almelo, ten promising research proposals were awarded a €60,000 voucher. This contribution allows researchers to further develop groundbreaking technologies and projects—innovations that improve patient care and make healthcare more patient-friendly.Read more
Hold tight: How human and robotic touch shape our fear response
Pioneers in Healthcare Award ceremony 2025
Shifting heart failure care from hospital to home
Schwab and Lenferink: New Members of De Jonge Akademie
Rianne de Heide joins the EMS Young Academy
New Year's meeting and UT in the Media awards 2025
NWO awards Perspectief grant to the programme Care is Coming Home
Three new NAE Fellows and Young Engineers with UT background
Professor Bram Nauta elected as a new member of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering
Asking ChatGPT what's for dinner? Here's how much energy that costs
The man who taught UT to grow
Can a tiny wire make solar cells more efficient?
