From: Men's Health

The science of touch

Men’s Health:

Your skin is two square metres of intimate sensory data. And haptics, the branch of psychology that interprets this information, has recently made some interesting discoveries: according to a study published in the journal Psychological Science, just being touched by a member of the opposite sex is enough to turn off your neural response to stress.

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