touch
Posted by Eliz. on January 08, 2000 at 18:17:51:
In Reply to: Re: hoping to initiate a discussion about touch posted by kenzi on January 07, 2000 at 23:04:21:
References are probably in The New England Journal of Medicine;
Science News usually summarizes such things - I think that's where I
read it first. http://www.sciencenews.org/ Searches turn up a lot -
I haven't hit gold yet.
: I am not a very touchy person...I was raised in a family where there
: was not a lot of physical affection shown so I have a slight
I used to go back and forth between science/academia (very limited and
formalized touching, such as handshakes) and theater (actors and
dancers can't afford to have much personal space when working). Henna
is interesting, in that the touching is very limited - it's not going
to lead anywhere undefined - but quite relaxed within those limits. I
think that makes it very safe, usually.