# Editorial: Affiliative touch and sense of self: theoretical foundations and innovative treatments

**Authors:** Maurizio Peciccia, Vittorio Gallese, Mark Solms

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1620556 · Frontiers in Psychology · 2025-05-16

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- **Genes:** OXT (oxytocin/neurophysin I prepropeptide) [NCBI Gene 5020] {aka OT, OT-NPI, OXT-NPI}
- **Diseases:** psychological (MESH:D000067073), psychosis (MESH:D011618), delusional symptoms (MESH:D012563), depression (MESH:D003866), Anxiety (MESH:D001007), Touch Medicine (MESH:D020886), pain (MESH:D010146)
- **Chemicals:** catecholamines (MESH:D002395), corticosteroid hormones (-), cortisol (MESH:D006854)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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