FeaturedNeuroscience·January 23, 2023·8 min readOrigins of Pleasurable Touch Traced From Skin to BrainStudy reveals a skin-to-brain neural circuit that responds to rewarding forms of social touch. Researchers say the findings could provide an avenue for harnessing the power of touch to assist in treating social and emotional disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 19, 2022·6 min readSocial Touch and Its Newly Discovered Neural PathwayA neural pathway that leads directly from the thalamus to the hypothalamus plays a critical role in processing touch information, a new study reveals.Read More
AutismFeaturedPsychology·August 22, 2017·4 min readAnxiety Neural Response on Seeing Social Touch in Those With ASDA new study reports some people on the autism spectrum show neural signs of anxiety when presented with images of people engaging in social touch, such as hand holding.Read More
