Like many Westerners, I always assumed that meditation was a "spiritual" phenomenon, which I took to mean that it somehow had to do with realms beyond the physical. For a long time I wasn’t aware that ...

Its been five years of touch starvation. I’ll probably have some more years of it. I’m not handling this well. Lisbeth continued, “I feel like I’m dying from touch starvation, y’all. I don’t get hugs.

Hair follicle cells sense touch and release chemicals that activate nearby neurons, scientists reveal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Virtual reality and prosthetics are advancing rapidly thanks to technological innovations, but both are still missing one key ...

In 2018, when Leah Elias was a behavioral neuroscience graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, she noticed something unusual while stimulating nerves in a mouse’s back. The mouse was ...

I used to enjoy when my partner went down on me. Now, I prefer when he avoids it. My partner asks me how I want to be touched, but, really, I have no idea! I prefer when we skip foreplay altogether.

Researchers have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch may moonlight as an olfactory gene. That's the conclusion drawn from studying a very small, transparent worm that shares many ...

Did it ever happen to you that you feel like a stranger to your own body? Have you ever had those mornings in which you do not recognize yourself in the mirror or you do not accept the imperfections ...

A cluster of researchers surround 45-year-old Keith Thomas, their eyes fixed on his right hand. “Open, open, open,” they urge, cheering when his fingers flutter out to mirror an image on a computer ...