Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Helping a loved one with dementia enjoy Valentine's day
When a loved one has dementia, Valentine's Day can be bittersweet.
Feb 13, 2024
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News tagged with gentle touch
Psychology & Psychiatry
Four ways touch can boost your health and well-being
Most of us know how good it feels to receive a hug from a loved one or hold hands with a partner. But what many of us may not realize is that touch is far more than just a simple physical sensation—it's an essential element ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury
Ever wonder why things that normally feel gentle, like putting on soft shirts, are painful after a sunburn? In a study of four patients with a rare genetic disorder, NIH researchers found that PIEZO2, a gene previously shown ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists develop new method that uses light to manage neuropathic pain in mice
For patients with neuropathic pain, a chronic condition affecting 7 to 8 percent of the European population, extreme pain and sensitivity are a daily reality. There is currently no effective treatment. Scientists from EMBL ...
Apr 24, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gentle touch can decrease stress
Long lasting gentle touch decreases stress hormones and decelerate heart beat frequency. It also activates brain areas commonly linked to reward. These research results are presented in a new thesis from the University of ...
Apr 3, 2018
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Neuroscience
A prescription for touch: Early experiences shape preterm babies' brains
Newborn babies experience the world through touch. Now, researchers who have measured the brain responses of 125 infants—including babies who were born prematurely and others who went full-term—show that a baby's earliest ...
Mar 16, 2017
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Neuroscience
Researchers examine how touch can trigger our emotions (w/ Video)
While touch always involves awareness, it also sometimes involves emotion. For example, picking up a spoon triggers no real emotion, while feeling a gentle caress often does. Now, scientists in the Cell Press journal Neuron ...
May 21, 2014
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Neuroscience
Merkel cells are initial sites for sensing touch, researchers prove
By solving a long standing scientific mystery, the common saying "you just hit a nerve" might need to be updated to "you just hit a Merkel cell," jokes Jianguo Gu, PhD, a pain researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC).
Apr 15, 2014
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Neuroscience
Scientists provide new grasp of soft touch
A study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has helped solve a long-standing mystery about the sense of touch.
Apr 6, 2014
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Neuroscience
Secrets of gentle touch revealed
Stroke the soft body of a newborn fruit fly larva ever-so-gently with a freshly plucked eyelash, and it will respond to the tickle by altering its movement—an observation that has helped scientists at the University of ...
Dec 9, 2012
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