Touch / Tiffany Field.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, Tiffany.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massage therapy.

Touch--Psychological aspects.

Touch.

Touch--Therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

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. 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Touch Hunger 1

2 Touch as Communication 19

3 Touch in Early Development 45

4 Touch Deprivation 69

5 Touch Messages to the Brain 87

6 Touch Therapies 119

7 Infant Massage 145

8 Massage Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Adults 161.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Field, Tiffany. Touch.

ISBN:

0262321734

9780262321730

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.