Author : Jodi Lyn Wheeler-Toppen
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1543598269
Touch is one of the five senses. Our hands let us feel. Simple, fun text teaches readers about the sense of touch and how the skin lets us feel. Quizzable text is at an Accelerated Reader ATOS level of 1.0 or lower.
Author : Ashley Montagu
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Touch
ISBN : 9780060906306
A groundbreaking achievement when it was first published in 1971, this moving and absorbing examination of the importance of tactile interaction-touching-on all facets of human development is now brought thoroughly up to date in light of research since 1978. Dr. Montagu here devotes special attention to the relation of the skin and touching to mental and physical health; the discovery of the immunological functions of the skin; the importance of touching, especially for older people; a demonstration of the harmfulness of newfangled methods of dealing with the newborn; gender differences; new experimental studies on the deprivation effect; the relation between touching and imaging; and the uses of touching in psychotherapeutic situations. Book jacket.
Author : Alex Purves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2017-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1317516664
Unlike the other senses, touch ranges beyond a single sense organ, encompassing not only the skin but also the interior of the body. It mediates almost every aspect of interpersonal relations in antiquity, from the everyday to the erotic, just as it also provides a primary point of contact between the individual and the outside world. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which touch plays a defining role in science, art, philosophy, and medicine, and shapes our understanding of topics ranging from aesthetics and poetics to various religious and ritual practices. Whether we locate the sense of touch on the surface of the skin, within the body or – less tangibly still – within the emotions, the sensory impact of touching raises a broad range of interpretive and phenomenological questions. This is the first volume of its kind to explore the sense of touch in antiquity, bringing a variety of disciplinary approaches to bear on the sense that is usually disregarded as the most base and obvious of the five. In these pages, by contrast, we find in touch a complex and fascinating indicator of the body’s relation to object, environment, and self.
Author : Phyllis Davis, Ph.D.
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1401933076
Were you raised in a "non-touching" atmosphere? Is your "inner hunger" really a yearning for touch? Do you know what your touching "taboos" are? Do you wish you could feel more comfortable touching others or being touched? Are you fulfilling your loved one's need for touch? Would you like to learn how touching influences behavior and how it could enrich your daily? In the revised edition of her exciting book, The Power of Touch, Phyllis K. Davis explores the human need to touch and be touched--and how America's cultural taboos have made us a touch-starved nation. Phyllis shares important insights on physical contact, not only as a biological need, but also as a language that communicates love more powerfully than words.Thought provoking and inspiring, The Power of Touch examines the catastrophic effects on individuals not nurtured by loving touch. People deprived of this kind of touch often exhibit compulsive overeating, restlessness, drug abuse, promiscuity, and workaholism. Even more shocking--singles deprived of touch have a death rate five times higher than their married counterparts. Phyllis also refutes the myth that picking up crying infants spoils them and stresses the role being physically nurtured as babies plays in becoming well-adjusted adults. To help the reader learn how to bring more touch into their lives, Phyllis includes a chapter of touching exercises and ideas. "Without touch, a baby dies, the human heart aches, and the soul withers. Touch is communication on the most basic level: The Power of Touch is about the language of love spoken through physical contact. The need for touch is a necessity throughout our lives, from birth to death, which serves to sustain us emotionally and physically. She discusses how touch can improve relationships of all kinds-parent/child, man/woman, friend/friend-help heal the body, and open the heart to a deeper love. She provides insights into the role of touch in infant health, sexual satisfaction, well-being of the elderly, and she suggests a number of activities and exercises that will make touching a delightful and valuable tool in your life. In this wonderful book, author Phyllis K. Davis teaches you about the role of touch in healing, infant care, raising children, developmental psychology, lovemaking, old age, and friendship. The message is simple: Open your heart, reach out, and touch those you care about. If you are a friend, parent, massage therapist, teacher, lover, grandparent, caretaker, health-care professional--or just a compassionate human being--you will learn how even the briefest and simplest forms of touch influence your behavior and enrich the lives of those sharing your world.
Author : Alvin Silverstein
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761316688
Discusses the sense of touch and looks at new developments in artificial sensors.
Author : Abraham Rees
Publisher :
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 23,11 MB
Release : 1819
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Author : Sara Price
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1446287084
Research on and with digital technologies is everywhere today. This timely, authoritative Handbook explores the issues of rapid technological development, social change, and the ubiquity of computing technologies which have become an integrated part of people′s everyday lives. This is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for the twenty-first century. It addresses the key aspects of research within the digital technology field and provides a clear framework for readers wanting to navigate the changeable currents of digital innovation. Main themes include: - Introduction to the field of contemporary digital technology research - New digital technologies: key characteristics and considerations - Research perspectives for digital technologies: theory and analysis - Environments and tools for digital research - Research challenges Aimed at a social science audience, it will be of particular value for postgraduate students, researchers and academics interested in research on digital technology, or using digital technology to undertake research.
Author : Sunyogi Umasankar JI
Publisher : Ali Ribelli Edizioni
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 883346153X
The primary purpose of this book is to foster further study into the field of Sun Yoga for practitioners who have already taken the beginner course of Sunyoga India™. Having the practical experience will dramatically improve the understanding of the book. This been said, however, it is important to note that Essence of Sun Yoga speaks to everyone, even the uninitiated. It describes all 29 chakras in the human body through the knowledge that its author, Sunyogi Umasankar Ji, received from Mahavatar Babaji during his two meetings with him in 2007 and 2008. Unique to the book are its descriptions of the higher chakras and connection to higher siddhis (yogic extraordinary powers such as the ability to live without food, immortality etc.), as well as the subtle bodies beyond the Samadhi Chakra, which is the end goal of the Ashtanga Yoga from Patanjali. The reader will thus get to know the practical techniques for Sun Yoga and learn how to practice it safely. Before starting actual practice with the Sun we suggest you follow the advice of an experienced practitioner to help you follow the technique in a correct and safe manner. Sun Yoga will help you balance all the five elements at the same time, reducing the time for spiritual advancement dramatically compared to techniques where only one element is in focus. By adapting the techniques described in this book and applying a lot of patience and willpower, and by following your heart's feelings, you will have the opportunity to reach self-realization and higher enlightenment stages. The book also provides a deeper insight in yoga in general, since the author is well versed with the ancient scriptures and has the skillset to easily explain these symbolic texts and their practical implications for practicing the yoga of today. Through the use of stories, Sunyogi makes the reader familiar with certain situations in life, providing the right instruments to interpret and experience in a positive way life’s occurrences. Furthermore, the book demonstrates how Sunyoga as a spiritual practice can have a greater impact on the future of humanity; it explains key aspects like Creation, procreation and Cosmology and how they are connected to our everyday life. The author’s intention when writing this book was to enlighten and help readers realize that peace at the individual level is connected to universal peace. The real understanding of this truth can only be attained by practical experience. Theory alone cannot give you the solution to your problems. Eventually you will have to put into practice what you learn, so that this book is really meant to serve you as an inspiration. Sun Yoga is for the sake of humanity, it aims to create unity and brotherhood. All humans are welcome to come and practice regardless of race, cast, color, country or religion. Be aware that this is the first and only book (Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2018) written in English about Sunyoga India™ approved by the author for worldwide sale and distribution. Any other book published under the name of Sunyogi Umasankar Ji might be fraudulent and might have inadequate teachings.
Author : David J. Murray
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317707443
This is a revised edition of "E.H. Weber: The Sense of Touch". The title has been broadened to reflect the fact that Weber explored all the skin senses - and indeed the muscle sense and that mysterious entity "the common feeling". The introduction has been expanded to include further information on Weber's life and times, and on recent research relevant to Weber's own work. The translations of Weber's main works of psychological interest "De Tactu" and "Der Tastsinn und das Gemeingefuehl" contain only minor changes, but the footnotes have been updated.; The reader will find here much more than those topics for which Weber is best known - the two-point threshold, experiments on weight discrimination, and a statement of what is now called Weber's Law. Weber also remarked on many aspects of sensory psychology - on left-right asymmetry in sensitivity, on visual resolution, the binocular combination of colours, the moon illusion, on summation, inhibition and adaptation in sensory systems, on the difference between simultaneous and successive presentations, on selective attention, the externalization of sensations and the difference between sensation and perception.
Author : Ernst Heinrich Weber
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780863774218
Weber also made interesting remarks on many aspects of sensory psychology - on left-right asymmetry in sensitivity, on visual resolution, the binocular combination of colours, the moon illusion, on summation, inhibition and adaptation in sensory systems, on the difference between simultaneous and successive presentations, on selective attention, the externalisation of sensations and the difference between sensation and perception. As a scientist, Weber was working in the new area of experimental psychology; as a philosopher, he bridged the gap between philosophy and experiment.
