The Senses of Touch

The Senses of Touch
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9781000190151
ISBN-13 : 1000190153
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Senses of Touch by : Mark Paterson

Touch is the first sense to develop in the womb, yet often it is overlooked. The Senses of Touch examines the role of touching and feeling as part of the fabric of everyday, embodied experience. How can we think about touch? Problems of touch and tactility run as a continuous thread in philosophy, psychology, medical writing and representations in art, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Picking through some of these threads, the book 'feels' its way towards writing and thinking about touch as both sensory and affective experience. Taking a broadly phenomenological framework that traces tactility from Aristotle through the Enlightenment to the present day, the book examines the role of touch across a range of experiences including aesthetics, digital design, visual impairment and touch therapies. The Senses of Touch thereby demonstrates the varieties of sensory experience, and explores the diverse range of our 'senses' of touch.

Touch and the Ancient Senses

Touch and the Ancient Senses
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 474
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ISBN-10 : 9781317516668
ISBN-13 : 1317516664
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Touch and the Ancient Senses by : Alex Purves

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.

Touch

Touch
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9780061828270
ISBN-13 : 0061828270
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Touch by : Elmore Leonard

Touch is sensational suspense from the master of crime fiction, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard. A Michigan woman was blind and now she can see, after being touched by a young man who calls himself Juvenal. Maybe it was just coincidence, but Bill Hill—who used to run the spectacular Uni-Faith Ministry in Dalton, Georgia, and now sells RVs—can see dollar signs when he looks at this kid with the magic “touch.” The trouble is that others see them also, including a wacko fundamentalist fascist with his own private army of the faithful and an assortment of media leeches. But everyone who’s looking to put the touch on the healer is in for a big surprise—because Juvenal’s got a trick or two up his sleeve that nobody sees coming.

I Can Touch

I Can Touch
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Publisher : ABDO
Total Pages : 27
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ISBN-10 : 9781680800449
ISBN-13 : 1680800442
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis I Can Touch by : Julie Murray

Very simple, easy-to-read text pairs up with fun photographs to teach little readers that hands are for touching, as well as all the soft and fuzzy--or rough--things they can touch! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward

Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 9781420067293
ISBN-13 : 142006729X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward by : Jay A. Gottfried

Synthesizing coverage of sensation and reward into a comprehensive systems overview, Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward presents a cutting-edge and multidisciplinary approach to the interplay of sensory and reward processing in the brain. While over the past 70 years these areas have drifted apart, this book makes a case for reuniting sensation a

See, Hear, Smell, Taste, and Touch

See, Hear, Smell, Taste, and Touch
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 0792259432
ISBN-13 : 9780792259435
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis See, Hear, Smell, Taste, and Touch by : Andrew Collins

Diagrams and simple experiments are used to explain the five senses.

How to Feel

How to Feel
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780231553056
ISBN-13 : 0231553056
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Feel by : Sushma Subramanian

We are out of touch. Many people fear that we are trapped inside our screens, becoming less in tune with our bodies and losing our connection to the physical world. But the sense of touch has been undervalued since long before the days of digital isolation. Because of deeply rooted beliefs that favor the cerebral over the corporeal, touch is maligned as dirty or sentimental, in contrast with supposedly more elevated modes of perceiving the world. How to Feel explores the scientific, physical, emotional, and cultural aspects of touch, reconnecting us to what is arguably our most important sense. Sushma Subramanian introduces readers to the scientists whose groundbreaking research is underscoring the role of touch in our lives. Through vivid individual stories—a man who lost his sense of touch in his late teens, a woman who experiences touch-emotion synesthesia, her own efforts to become less touch averse—Subramanian explains the science of the somatosensory system and our philosophical beliefs about it. She visits labs that are shaping the textures of objects we use every day, from cereal to synthetic fabrics. The book highlights the growing field of haptics, which is trying to incorporate tactile interactions into devices such as phones that touch us back and prosthetic limbs that can feel. How to Feel offers a new appreciation for a vital but misunderstood sense and how we can use it to live more fully.

The Deepest Sense

The Deepest Sense
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780252094408
ISBN-13 : 0252094409
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Deepest Sense by : Constance Classen

From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate and sensuous approach to history makes it possible to foreground the tactile foundations of Western culture--the ways in which feelings shaped society. Constance Classen explores a variety of tactile realms including the feel of the medieval city; the tactile appeal of relics; the social histories of pain, pleasure, and affection; the bonds of touch between humans and animals; the strenuous excitement of sports such as wrestling and jousting; and the sensuous attractions of consumer culture. She delves into a range of vital issues, from the uses--and prohibitions--of touch in social interaction to the disciplining of the body by the modern state, from the changing feel of the urban landscape to the technologization of touch in modernity. Through poignant descriptions of the healing power of a medieval king's hand or the grueling conditions of a nineteenth-century prison, we find that history, far from being a dry and lifeless subject, touches us to the quick.

The Book of Touch

The Book of Touch
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9781000323597
ISBN-13 : 1000323595
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of Touch by : Constance Classen

This book puts a finger on the nerve of culture by delving into the social life of touch, our most elusive yet most vital sense. From the tortures of the Inquisition to the corporeal comforts of modernity, and from the tactile therapies of Asian medicine to the virtual tactility of cyberspace, The Book of Touch offers excursions into a sensory territory both foreign and familiar. How are masculine and feminine identities shaped by touch? What are the tactile experiences of the blind, or the autistic? How is touch developed differently across cultures? What are the boundaries of pain and pleasure? Is there a politics of touch? Bringing together classic writings and new work, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the body, the senses and the experiential world.

Touch

Touch
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Publisher : Penguin Books
Total Pages : 274
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780143128441
ISBN-13 : 0143128442
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Touch by : David J. Linden

The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Compass of Pleasure" examines how our sense of touch is interconnected with our emotions Dual-function receptors in our skin make mint feel cool and chili peppers hot.