This Valentine's Day, explore the neuroscience of pleasurable touch (VIDEO)

Columbia University

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Explore the neuroscience of pleasurable touch: the connections between skin and brain that make a hug feel so good.

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Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

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CC BY

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