Great NYT article on the proven effectiveness of touch - "more important than body language or tone"

2010-03-01T06:36:24+00:00

researchers led by Christopher Oveis of Harvard conducted five-minute interviews with 69 couples

I think my brain went into 13 year old mode there for a second

aeoz · 2010-03-01T13:00:08+00:00

Protip: Kino. Kino. Kino.

Touch as often as you can without being creepy. Do it subtly.

acey · 2010-03-01T01:24:10+00:00

Maybe, but the point about teachers touching students is from a study of autistic students, and the article sort of hypes the finding a bit without context.

mynewname · 2010-03-03T20:29:14+00:00

TLDR: Touch is important in communication and appears to improve performance in basketball games, relationships, and ability to convey ideas.

This fits in nicely with evolutionary psychology, by the way. Back in our ape days, social contacts were maintained by physical touch (social grooming). Language was a technology that allowed us social larger groups than possible with grooming alone, and the need to keep track of so many people is the reason for our disproportionately big brains.source

Title	Great NYT article on the proven effectiveness of touch - "more important than body language or tone"
Author	djadvance22
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Date	February 28, 2010 5:44 PM UTC (16 years ago)
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