This volume adds new dimension and organization to the literature of touch and the hand, covering a diversity of topics surrounding the perception and cognition of touch in relation to the hand. No animal species compare to humans with regard to the haptic (or touch) sense, so u…
'In Touch With The Future' explores the latest research from cognitive neuroscience on how humans process tactile information. It reviews the scientific knowledge on themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness, tactile attention, the role of touch in interpersonal and sexua…
This book explores the science of touch. It brings together the latest findings from cognitive neuroscience about the processing of tactile information in humans. The book provides a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge regarding themes such as tactile memory, tactile …
'In Touch With The Future' explores the latest research from cognitive neuroscience on how humans process tactile information. It reviews the scientific knowledge on themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness, tactile attention, the role of touch in interpersonal and sexua…
'In Touch With The Future' explores the latest research from cognitive neuroscience on how humans process tactile information. It reviews the scientific knowledge on themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness, tactile attention, the role of touch in interpersonal and sexua…
"This edited collection responds to Richard Kearney's recent work on touch, excarnation, and embodiment, as well as his broader work in carnal hermeneutics, which sets the stage for his return to and retrieval of the senses of the lived body. Here, fourteen scholars engage the b…
"This edited collection responds to Richard Kearney's recent work on touch, excarnation, and embodiment, as well as his broader work in carnal hermeneutics, which sets the stage for his return to and retrieval of the senses of the lived body. Here, fourteen scholars engage the b…
This work attempts a fundamental break from the tradition of caste studies, using a version of phenomenology, structuralism, and post-structuralism to give a radical description of touchability and untouchability in terms of a rhetoric and semantics of touch. Written in minimali…
Reiki is the ancient system of laying on of hands derived from Tibetan Buddhism. Transmitted by attunements from healer to healer, Reiki techniques have been demystified by Diane Stein, a Reiki master in practice since 1988. The author discusses the three degrees of Reiki and he…