Whether you’re a touchy-feely person or not, there are multiple reasons to be more physically affectionate in your close relationships. Here are seven, with links to the research: 1. Physical ...

As important as physical touch is for relationship well-being, new research suggests that feeling aligned may matter more than having identical needs. Physical touch is widely believed to be one of ...

Relationship transformations don’t always require expensive therapy sessions or lengthy heart-to-heart conversations. Sometimes, the most profound changes emerge from the simplest possible gesture—a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couples may be able to enhance one another's health by being more physically affectionate with one another, new research in Psychosomatic Medicine shows. Couples who ...

In the opening scene of Love, Actually, Hugh Grant’s character says how, whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world, he thinks about the arrivals gate at Heathrow airport. The reason is on ...