“What’s unique about touch, when set against the other senses, is its mutuality. While we can look without being looked back at, we can’t touch without being touched in return.” https://aeon.co/essays/touch-is-a-language-we-cannot-afford-to-forget
Why we hold hands: Dr. James Coan
“At a deeper level…we hold hands to send eachothers’ brains a signal, and that signal is something like ‘I am here with you. I am here with you. I am here with you.’” …
Dacher Keltner on the importance of touch
“A pat on the back, a caress of the arm—these are everyday, incidental gestures that we usually take for granted, thanks to our amazingly dexterous hands. “But after years spent immersed in the science of touch, I can tell you that they are far more profound than we usually realize: They are our primary language…