Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes Us... - David J. Linden
Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes Us... - David J. Linden Why does holding a hot drink make us like people more? What makes sex so much fun? How can a soldier under fire not even notice he's…
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Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes Us... - David J. Linden
Why does holding a hot drink make us like people more? What makes sex so much fun? How can a soldier under fire not even notice he's been shot?
Without it, we cannot entirely feel pleasure or pain - we are less than human. Touch is the most important sense we have. In fact, as David Linden demonstrates in the astonishing stories gathered here, touch is central to who we are - from choosing our partners to comforting us on our deathbeds.
Exploring the many surprising facts and myths about our sense of touch, Linden reveals how it defines us - and how, by understanding it, we can better know ourselves.