Surgeons have restored the sensation of touch to a paralyzed man using a robotic arm connected to electrodes in his brain. Twelve years ago a promising science student, Nathan Copeland, was involved ...

There’s a fine line between immersive and unnerving when it comes to touch sensation in virtual reality. Experiment participants wearing VR headsets and gripping a controller in each hand embodied a ...

Touch is more than a feeling. New research shows that gentle touch can shape memory, emotions, and relationships over time.

Researchers have identified a specific neuropeptide and a neural circuit that transmit pleasant touch from the skin to the brain. The findings eventually may help scientists better understand and ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up with colleagues at University College London last month to demonstrate how a sensation of touch can be carried across an ocean over ...

For the first time, scientists have helped a paralyzed man experience the sense of touch in his mind-controlled robotic arm. For the cutting-edge experiment, a collaboration between the University of ...

Researchers have uncovered a key role for a new type of cell in touch detection in the skin of the fruit fly. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered a key role for a new type of ...

“Pat the Bunny,” the 1940 classic touch-and-feel book, is still in print—a testament to the value of touch in introducing infants and toddlers to the world of reading. Later, when children reach ...

Virtual reality is so much more than visuals, but most of what we're used to seeing is little more than head-tracking and 3D imagery in a head-mounted display. For real immersion, VR is going to need ...

image: Mice engage in grooming behavior, experiencing a phenomenon researchers call pleasant touch. Researchers from the Washington University Center for the Study of Itch and Sensory Disorders have ...