Herman van der Kooij awarded NWO grant for E-Walk projectProf. dr. ir. Herman van der Kooij of the Universiteit Twente has been awarded funding within the Open Technology Programme of the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) for his E-Walk project.Read more
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
Herman van der Kooij awarded NWO grant for E-Walk project
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