As important as physical touch is for relationship well-being, new research suggests that feeling aligned may matter more ...

Adina Pintilie’s “Touch Me Not,” a feature debut that won the Golden Bear in Berlin this year and plays in Horizons at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, has divided critics and audiences with its ...

Standing at the entrance of the movie theater, I thought of the question I posed to Bryan on a popular dating site after we decided we would meet. Did I seem too desperate? What would hugging him feel ...

I was used to casual touch and missed it when my 19-year relationship ended, and we divorced. Platonic touch between my friends and me became important when I was touch-starved. My dogs also help me ...

Touch deprivation is a real problem. Here’s how to navigate it and protect your mental health. Touch starvation, also known as touch deprivation or “skin hunger,” refers to experiencing a chronic lack ...

The camera, tweezer-close, skims the surface of an unidentified body, the skin and hairs like a pale wasteland, a curled appendage lies in rest like a sleeping giant, and there’s the atmospheric sound ...

Adina Pintilie’s “Touch Me Not,” a feature debut that won the Golden Bear in Berlin this year and plays in Horizons at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, has divided critics and audiences with its ...