I found this so interesting, I just couldn’t resist sharing. Published this week in the NY Times is an article about the benefits of touching.
The article profiles researchers who analyzed the effects of touch based interactions in professional basketball. The team coded every bump, hug and high five in a single game played by each team in the National Basketball Association early last season.
In a paper due out this year in the journal Emotion, the team reports that with a few exceptions, good teams tended to be touchier than bad ones.
So, I know you’re dieing to know… What does all of this have to do with relationships?
