Touch is a vital sense in human survival and experience, not for just how it informs personal connections but as an important early warning system for identifying harm. Yet not all touch is equal.

Tampa (BLOOM) – When it comes to human relationships, intimacy is a key component that fosters deeper connections and emotional bonds. Physical touch, in particular, plays an important role in ...

Humans are wired to be touched. From birth until the day we die, our need for physical contact remains. Being touch starved — also known as skin hunger or touch deprivation — occurs when a person ...

Mirror touch synesthesia is a condition that causes a person to feel a sensation of touch when they see someone else being touched. The term “mirror” refers to the idea that a person mirrors the ...

Earlier this year, Tiffany Field, head of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, traveled to different airports in Florida to watch people interacting. A ...

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 ...

Touch starvation refers to the longing for touch or physical contact from other living beings. Deprivation of physical touch may result in people experiencing negative sensations, such as feelings of ...

Ready to Tell Someone You Love ’Em? Here’s How “The love languages are a great model for understanding what your partner needs and how to express your love for them,” says relationship coach and ...