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How Physical Contact Affects the Brain, Stress, and Emotional Recovery
Therapeutic touch — the deliberate use of physical contact to support health and wellbeing — is not a wellness trend. It is a biological mechanism, deeply embedded in the architecture of the human brain. When skin meets skin, a cascade of neurological events unfolds: stress hormones d...