Virtual Connection
With social distancing now becoming part of ordinary social life and with it the loss of physical contact with people we love but can't touch, you might ask if interactions on a screen have any benefit. In a recent study conducted just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, neuroscientists compared brain responses of their subjects to touch and non-touch social interaction. The researchers note, “When you touch an object, you learn about its properties, but when you touch a person,