Confirmed: Music makes sex better

Participants’ reactions demonstrated that “sexy” music — all tunes were rated on a sliding scale as to the level of arousal they evoked (from “not at all sexy” to “extremely sexy”) — was linked to increased tactile arousal, regardless of whether one expected to be touched by a machine as opposed to an attractive human.

Beyond exposing the indiscriminate effects of touch, robots were partly used to help administer an even and consistent touch to all participants.