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Various social positions in teen networks were also linked to self-harm. Some positions were protective, meaning adolescents were less likely to self-harm, whereas other positions were risky, meaning ...

Sayings like “no pain, no gain” or “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” are rooted in patriarchal and masculine ...

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A new study reveals that people with “dark triad” traits—narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism—often use physical touch to control or manipulate their romantic partners.

Humans touch their faces up to 800 times each day, and most of it happens completely outside conscious awareness.

1 Institute of Sports Training, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2 Institute of Physical Education, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Objective: To study the effect of ...

Abstract: This study explores the impact of our developed virtual self-touch (VST), where participants touch an avatar as a substitute body and receive haptic feedback, on updating the body schema for ...

Facial self-touching — particularly around the nose, chin and cheeks — strongly correlates with elevated stress during cognitive tasks, new University of Houston research showed. These spontaneous ...

Dance is a universal human expression that transcends cultural and temporal boundaries. As an activity that engages motor, cognitive, neurophysiological, and psychological dimensions, dance has ...