Why partner's skin feels softer than your's
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 25-08-2021
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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.