Egill Ólafsson stars as Kristofer in director Baltasar Kormákur’s "Touch." There are points in life when you look back on your path and wonder what might have been if you'd taken a different turn.

Humans, like all social animals, have evolved to express feelings through nonverbal emotional communication. Darwin became the father of evolutionary psychology when he published The Expression of the ...

Romantic dramas — and romantic comedies, for that matter — hinge on the conviction that when we find “the one” we will be all the more malleable for it. It’s not so much that we will change who we are ...

On Valentine’s Day, lovers will seek to perform ideal caresses. With a stroke of the hand he or she wishes to convey an ancient and deeply human message: You are cared for, you are safe. But what ...

We humans are social creatures. But we don’t just crave physical interaction to fill the world with people: A loving touch is important for helping infants properly develop and ensuring healthy ...

With Loving, director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special, Take Shelter) diverges from his typical mix of supernatural mystery and menace to take on a historic moment for civil rights. The film tells the ...

New research supported by the Neuropsychoanalysis Association finds that slow caresses or strokes may contribute to developing and maintaining a positive sense of self (New York, New York) October 8, ...