The role is that of a domain expert: you contribute your practical and scientific knowledge of the field to strategic engagements with a long-term, future-oriented perspective.
Domain Expertise and Evidence Assessment
- Share a well-founded view on the mechanisms of affective touch linked to pleasantness, including C-tactile afferents, and how they could be engaged without stroking patterns.
- Explain how strong the affective effects of peripheral vibrotactile and thermal stimulation can be, especially without a social component, and whether combining thermal and vibratory stimuli adds benefit.
- Assess which stimulation rhythms and frequencies, beyond heart-rate-like or breathing-rate-like patterns, could have a physiologically meaningful relaxing effect.
Expert Dialogue and Future Perspectives
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Take part in structured expert interviews and, where useful, in workshops with senior stakeholders.
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Bring an informed view on emerging research and technologies in affective and social haptics, including how a touch-based experience may interact with the user's interpersonal context, alone or with other people.
Review and Sparring
- Review interim findings and assumptions for scientific and practical realism, and challenge them from a practitioner's perspective.
- Explain complex somatosensory and affective dynamics clearly to a non-specialist, executive audience.