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For many people, the thing they’ve missed most during the pandemic is being able to hug loved ones. Indeed, it wasn’t until we lost our ability to hug friends and family did many realize just how ...

Touch stimulates nerves under your skin that trigger a rush of feel-good chemicals. You may feel agitated and experience "skin hunger" if you don't get enough touch. You can remedy this by giving ...

Through a large-scale analysis, researchers have uncovered the ways in which consensual touch can benefit a person's physical and mental wellbeing. Through a large-scale analysis, researchers at the ...

Touch is ubiquitous throughout our lives. As newborns, it’s the first sense to develop, and it provides much of our initial knowledge of the world. As we grow, we experience touch in a myriad of forms ...