Journal article

Pawling R, McGlone F, Walker SC. 2024. High frequency heart rate variability is associated with sensitivity to affective touch Physiology & Behavior, 283 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Drummond J, Makdani A, Pawling R, Walker SC. 2024. Congenital Anosmia and Facial Emotion Recognition Physiology & Behavior, 278 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ali SH, Makdani AD, Cordero MI, Paltoglou AE, Marshall AG, McFarquhar MJ, McGlone FP, Walker SC, Trotter PD. 2023. Hold me or stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch. Scilingo EP. PloS one, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Donaghy B, Walker SC, Moore DJ. 2022. Social distancing with chronic pain during COVID-19: A cross-sectional correlational analysis PLoS One, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Kidd T, Dferevine SL, Walker SC. 2022. Affective Touch and Regulation of Stress Responses. Health Psychology Review, :1-50 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Trotter PD, Smith SA, Moore DJ, O'Sullivan N, McFarquhar MM, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2022. Acute tryptophan depletion alters affective touch perception Psychopharmacology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Walker SC, Marshall A, Pawling R. 2021. Psychophysiology and motivated emotion: testing the affective touch hypothesis of C-tactile afferent function Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 43 :131-137 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Haggarty CJ, Moore DJ, Trotter PD, Hagan R, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2021. Vicarious ratings of social touch the effect of age and autistic traits. Scientific Reports, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Haggarty CJ, Trotter PD, McGlone F, Walker SC. 2021. Children's vicarious ratings of social touch are tuned to the velocity but not the location of a caress PLoS One, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Smith S, Trotter PD, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2020. Effects of Acute Tryptophan Depletion on Human Taste Perception Chemical Senses, 46 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Devine SL, Walker SC, Makdani A, Stockton ER, McFarquhar MJ, McGlone FP, Trotter PD. 2020. Childhood Adversity and Affective Touch Perception: A Comparison of United Kingdom Care Leavers and Non-care Leavers. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 :557171-557171 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Walker SC, Cavieres A, Peñaloza-Sancho V, El-Deredy W, McGlone FP, Dagnino-Subiabre A. 2020. C-Low Threshold Mechanoafferent Targeted Dynamic Touch Modulates Stress Resilience in Rats Exposed to Chronic Mild Stress. European Journal of Neuroscience, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Walker SC, Williams K, Moore DJ. 2020. Superior identification of component odours in a mixture is linked to autistic traits in children and adults. Chemical Senses, 45 :391-399 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Haggarty CJ, Malinowski P, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2020. Autistic traits modulate cortical responses to affective but not discriminative touch European Journal of Neuroscience, 51 :1844-1855 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Manzotti A, Cerritelli F, Esteves JE, Lista G, Lombardi E, La Rocca S, Gallace A, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2019. Dynamic touch reduces physiological arousal in preterm infants: A role for c-tactile afferents? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bershad AK, Mayo LM, Van Hedger K, McGlone F, Walker SC, de Wit H. 2019. Effects of MDMA on attention to positive social cues and pleasantness of affective touch. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44 :1698-1705 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gursul D, Goksan S, Hartley C, Mellado GS, Moultrie F, Hoskin A, Adams E, Hathway G, Walker SC, McGlone FP, Slater R. 2018. Stroking modulates noxious-evoked brain activity in human infants Current Biology, 28 :1380-1381 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Pawling R, Trotter PD, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2017. A Positive Touch: C-tactile afferent targeted skin stimulation carries an appetitive motivational value. Biological Psychology, 129 :186-194 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Pawling R, Cannon PR, McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2017. C-tactile afferent stimulating touch carries a positive affective value PLoS ONE, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Walker SC, Trotter PD, Woods A, McGlone FP. 2017. Vicarious ratings of social touch reflect the anatomical distribution & velocity tuning of C-tactile afferents: A Hedonic Homunculus? Behavioural Brain Research, 320 :91-96 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Swaney WT, Walker SC, Trotter PD, Marshall A, McGlone FP. 2017. C-tactile afferents: Cutaneous mediators of oxytocin release during affiliative tactile interactions? Neuropeptides, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Kass-Iliyya L, Leung M, Marshall A, Trotter P, Kobylecki C, Walker S, Gosal D, Jeziorska M, Malik RA, Mcglone F, Silverdale MA. 2016. The perception of affective touch in Parkinson's disease and its relation to small fibre neuropathy European Journal of Neuroscience, 45 :232-237 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

McGlone FP, Cerritelli F, Walker SC, Esteves J. 2016. The role of gentle touch in perinatal osteopathic manual therapy. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 72 :1-9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Trotter PD, McGlone FP, McKie S, McFarquhar M, Elliott R, Walker SC, Deakin JF. 2016. Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on central processing of CT-targeted and discriminatory touch in humans. European Journal of Neuroscience, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Croy I, Krone F, Walker SC, Hummel T. 2015. Olfactory Processing: Detection of Rapid Changes Chemical Senses, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

van Paasschen J, Walker SC, Phillips N, Downing PE, Tipper SP. 2014. The effect of personal grooming on self-perceived body image. International Journal of Cosmetic Science, DOI Publisher Url

Walker SC, McGlone FP. 2013. The social brain: Neurobiological basis of affiliative behaviours and psychological well-being Neuropeptides, 47 :379-393 DOI

Rygula R, Walker SC, Clarke HF, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2010. Differential contributions of the primate ventrolateral prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex to serial reversal learning. J Neurosci, 30 :14552-14559 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Walker SC, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2009. Response disengagement on a spatial self-ordered sequencing task: effects of regionally selective excitotoxic lesions and serotonin depletion within the prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci, 29 :6033-6041 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Walker SC, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2009. Differential contributions of dopamine and serotonin to orbitofrontal cortex function in the marmoset. Cereb Cortex, 19 :889-898 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Walker SC, Winn P. 2007. An assessment of the contributions of the pedunculopontine tegmental and cuneiform nuclei to anxiety and neophobia. Neuroscience, 150 :273-290

Clarke HF, Walker SC, Dalley JW, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2007. Cognitive inflexibility after prefrontal serotonin depletion is behaviorally and neurochemically specific. Cereb Cortex, 17 :18-27 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Walker SC, Mikheenko YP, Argyle LD, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2006. Selective prefrontal serotonin depletion impairs acquisition of a detour-reaching task. Eur J Neurosci, 23 :3119-3123 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Clarke HF, Walker SC, Crofts HS, Dalley JW, Robbins TW, Roberts AC. 2005. Prefrontal serotonin depletion affects reversal learning but not attentional set shifting. J Neurosci, 25 :532-538 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Keating GL, Walker SC, Winn P. 2002. An examination of the effects of bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus on responding to sucrose reward. Behav Brain Res., 132 :217-228

Dataset

Walker S. 2023. Data for study entitled" Hold me or Stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch" Publisher Url

Trotter P, Ali SH, Makdani A, Cordero M, Paltoglou A, Marshall A, McFarquhar M, McGlone F, Walker S. 2023. Data for study entitled "Hold me or Stroke me? Individual differences in static and dynamic affective touch" DOI Public Url

Donaghy B, Walker S, Moore D. 2022. Social distancing with chronic pain during COVID-19: a cross-sectional correlational analysis. DOI Public Url

Haggarty C, Trotter P, McGlone F, Walker S. 2021. Children’s vicarious ratings of social touch are tuned to the velocity but not the location of a caress. DOI Public Url

Chapters

McGlone FP, Walker SC. 2020. 4.06 - The Neurobiological Basis of Affective Touch The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference: Volume 1-7, Second Edition 4 :67-78 DOI

McGlone F, Walker SC. 2016. Losing Touch: An unrecognised consequence of ageing Wynants M, Nuyttens G. Age - From the anatomy of life to the architecture of living ASP 9789057185076

McGlone F, Walker SC, Ackerley R. 2016. Affective Touch and Human Grooming Behaviours: Feeling Good and Looking Good Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents Springer 9781493964185 DOI Publisher Url

Walker S, McGlone F. The Neurobiological Basis of Affective Touch The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition) 4 :67-78 DOI Publisher Url

Conference publication

Walker SC, McGlone FP. Perceived pleasantness of social touch reflects the anatomical distribution and velocity tuning of C-tactile afferents: An affective homunculus Society for Neuroscience 2014 Annual Meeting

Professional activities

Membership of professional bodies:

Local Group Rep - Liverpool, British Neuroscience Association, https://www.bna.org.uk/members/local-groups/liverpool/. 2018

International Society for the Study of Affective Touch, International Society for the Study of Affective Touch. 2015

Society for Social Neuroscience, Society for Social Neuroscience, http://www.s4sn.org/. 2014

Society for Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience. 2000

Conference presentation:

Skin touch: More than mechanosensation, Montagna Symposium on the Biology of the Skin, Oregon, USA, Oral presentation. 2016

C-tactile afferent stimulating touch carries a positive affective value, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Poster presentation. 2015

C-Tactile Afferents: The mediators of oxytocin release during affiliative interaction?, Neuropeptides, University of Aberdeen, Oral presentation. 2015

Teaching qualification:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 2016

Fellowships:

Early Career Fellowship, Liverpool John Moores. 2015

Early Career Fellowship, Liverpool John Moores University. 2013

Research Grants Awarded:

BIAL Foundation, Affiliative Touch & Emotion Regulation, Francis McGlone, Grant value (£): 49,500 Euros, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2014

Leverhulme Trust, Investigation of the role of 5HT in psychological responses to affective touch, Prof Francis McGlone, Grant value (£): £235,639, Duration of research project: 2 years 6 months. 2012

Industrial connections:

Unilever R&D Port Sunlight, Consultant on Scalp Health Project. 2013

Media Coverage:

Abstract Submitted to Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference in Washington DC 2014 was selected to be presented at a press conference - which resulted in media coverage of the work
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