Physical touch plays a vital role in human connection and emotional bonding, according to extensive relationship psychology research. Understanding the science behind physical connection can ...

Touch deprivation is a real problem. Here’s how to navigate it and protect your mental health. Touch starvation, also known as touch deprivation or “skin hunger,” refers to experiencing a chronic lack ...

We’ve reached the point in quarantine where we are all weary. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and our nerves are becoming frayed, the unknown is taking its toll, and none of us are at our best.

Receiving physical touch, whether it is from other human beings or animals, can help in reducing anxiety, depression, and even pain in adults and children, as per the findings of a recent ...

If you asked any of my friends and family, they’d tell you that they would never have expected me—who’s often closed-off and guarded—to be the mushy-gushy or touchy-feely one in a relationship. And ...

We often treat physical affection as a "luxury," but the science is clear: touch is a biological necessity. This Wednesday, ...

A widespread analysis of touch intervention studies found touch benefits health no matter a person's age or its type, but there are some differences. There's nothing quite like a hug from someone you ...

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 ...

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

I was used to casual touch and missed it when my 19-year relationship ended, and we divorced. Platonic touch between my friends and me became important when I was touch-starved. My dogs also help me ...