Tune in to the BBC to hear Katerina Fotopoulou talk about the Touch Test and the science of Affective touch.

Click here to learn about Touch during the Pandemic,

and here to learn about the “Nine things we learned from the world’s largest study of touch” by Claudia Hammond

“What happens to humans when we can’t touch?” video

Katerina’s appearances on RADIO 4:

  • Tuesday the 6th of October 2020 in Inside Health at 9 pm, repeated on Wednesday the 7th at 3.30 pm.
  • Thursday the 8th of October 2020 in Inside Science at 4.30 pm, repeated the same day at 9 pm.


This work is in collaboration with the BBC, the Wellcome Trust, and the University of Goldsmiths. 

To learn more about Katerina’s Fotopoulou work on Affective Touch please click here.