Depression severity is associated with reduced pleasantness of observed social touch and fewer current intimate touch experiences

• Victoria C. Tinker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Paula D. Trotter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Charlotte Krahé

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: c.m.krahe@ljmu.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-1263

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