Humans are creatures of connection. Perhaps the most powerful example of this is how we come into the world: completely vulnerable in our caregiver’s arms. As we develop, touch governs many of the ...

Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months. Not being able to see and touch her loved ones every day because of COVID-19’s social distancing protocols was taking a toll on the ...

In a heartfelt plea for human connection, a Black woman’s emotional Instagram video has gone viral, shedding light on the crippling effects of “skin hunger.” This is a new concept to many, perhaps, ...

During the covid lockdowns, it was not so much that people were lonely, since they could still interact at a distance or remotely, but that they could not physically touch one another, not even to ...

Kory Floyd receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months. Not being able to see and touch her loved ones every day because of ...

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The fear of touch in northern, Anglophone countries is deep-seated. In Victorian England and 19th century America, people took to the language of flowers, or floriography, to fly feelings that could ...

Skin hunger. Never heard of it? Neither had I, until a few months ago. For all I knew, “skin hunger” was the latest zombie movie, or a hypochondria-inducing WebMD entry. However, skin hunger is ...