Touch

by Field, Tiffany

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Title Statements

Full title :Touch / Tiffany Field.

Summary

Although the therapeutic benefits of touch have become increasingly clear, American society, claims Tiffany Field, is dangerously touch-deprived. Many schools have "no touch" policies; the isolating effects of Internet-driven work and life can leave us hungry for tactile experience. In this book Field explains why we may need a daily dose of touch. The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning about the world throughout infancy and well into childhood. Touch is critical, too, for adults' physical and mental health. Field describes studies showing that touch therapy can benefit everyone, from premature infants to children with asthma to patients with conditions that range from cancer to eating disorders. This second edition of Touch, revised and updated with the latest research, reports on new studies that show the role of touch in early development, in communication (including the reading of others' emotions), in personal relationships and even in sports. It describes the physiological and biological effects of touch, including areas of the brain affected by touch and the effects of massage therapy on prematurity, attentiveness, depression, pain and immune functions. Touch has been shown to have positive effects on growth, brain waves, breathing and heart rate, and to decrease stress and anxiety. As Field makes clear, we enforce our society's touch taboo at our peril

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

"A Bradford book."

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262320641, 0262320649, 9780262320658, 0262320657
oclc:ocn893439551
LC Classification:BF275
Dewey Decimal:152.1/82

Touch hunger -- Touch as communication -- Touch in development -- Touch deprivation -- Touch messages to the brain -- Touch therapies -- Infant massage -- Massage therapy for children, adolescents, and adults.

Subjects

Beröring BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive… HEALTH & FITNESS -- Massage & Reflexoth… Massage Massage therapy Massothérapie NEUROSCIENCE/General PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology Taktil massage Therapeutic Touch Touch -- Psychological aspects Touch -- Therapeutic use Touch Perception Toucher -- Aspect psychologique Toucher -- Emploi en thérapeutique