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Why partner's skin feels softer than your's

By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 13-09-2015
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In a series of studies by researchers from University College London, participants consistently rated the skin of another person as being softer than their own whether or not it really was softer. The researchers suggest that this phenomenon may exist to ensure that humans are motivated to build social bonds through touch. "The illusion reveals a largely automatic and unconscious mechanism by which 'giving pleasure is receiving pleasure' in the touch domain," said lead author Aikaterini Fotopoulou. What is intriguing about the illusion is its specificity.
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