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A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

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Abstract: With the proliferation of drones and considerable growth of the drone application market, several areas related to the drone platform have shown promise of innovative approaches for enabling ...

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.

Background: University physical education (PE) class may promote healthier behaviors and better mental health, yet evidence on their impact in higher education is limited. This study examined ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Houston’s Affective and Data Computing Laboratory (ACDC Lab) found that facial self-touching — particularly around the nose, chin and cheeks — strongly correlates with ...

Background: This study examines the effect of physical activity (PA) on life satisfaction (LS), focusing on the mediating role of psychological resilience (PR) and the moderating role of mindfulness ...