Use calm, slow strokes: Lightly stroke the baby’s arm, back, or chest at a gentle rhythm. Watch for feedback: If a baby ...

“See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek!” William Shakespeare The physical sensation of being touched can have a powerful effect ...

Researchers showed that cells in your hair follicles release important chemical messengers in response to gentle touches to your skin. By Veronique Greenwood When someone brushes a hand across your ...

"This group of behaviors affects about 5% of the world population," said Dr. Tiffany Libby, a dermatologist at Brown Dermatology. That's about 380 million people. These group of behaviors is known as ...

There are gestures that, although simple, touch the deepest fibers of the soul. One of them is the head caress: that gentle, almost maternal touch your partner gives you when you're lying down, ...

ASMR, short for autonomous sensory meridian response, has ballooned in popularity over the past 15 years. Julie Luther, who built a massive YouTube and TikTok following with ASMR videos, offers ...

What exactly is sex? On TV and in the movies, it involves a little kissing and hugging, then almost always a quick plunge into intercourse. In romance fiction, it’s passionate, obsessive, ...

For people who can’t stop biting their nails or picking at their skin, a new study suggests that a simple technique could help. Body-focused repetitive behaviors — compulsively pulling or picking at ...

Michael Banissy receives funding from the ESRC. Most of us know how good it feels to receive a hug from a loved one or hold hands with a partner. But what many of us may not realise is that touch is ...

A skeptic might scoff that what we call “love” is actually a simple way to describe a complex chemical reaction humans evolved in order to survive. The main player in that reaction is a molecular ...