Can we truly understand an emotion without feeling it?
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Touch—the sense of contact and connection—permeates art, culture, and our daily lives. It conveys the warmth of an embrace, the gentleness of a gesture, and the power of a presence. Through touch, we share emotions that words sometimes struggle to express.
In this lecture, neuroscientist Amaury François invites us to explore recent discoveries about how emotions arise from touch and shape our relationships with others and our environment.
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