The Power of Touch
Sterling Thomas
4/3/13
Article Title: The Power of Touch
This article is self-explanatory. It is about the Power of Touch and the effects it has on a variety of things. We have five senses; Smell, Taste, Hearing, Sight and alas Touch. Everything on this planet communicates somehow and this article emphasizes the significance of Touch. In the article that Touch is the first sense we acquire and the secret weapon in many a successful relationship (Chillot).. I found this article very intriguing because there are many people in the world who cannot hear and/or see and I always wondered how exactly do they cope with those disabilities in their life. Touch is definitely one of the ways. Babies cannot speak effectively in their early developmental stages and they communicate through touch. Touch is one of the primary methods we receive feeling. In the article it said If you're close enough to touch, it's often the easiest way to signal something. We feel more connected to someone if they touch us (Chillot). This made sense because people always feel a lot more close to someone when they are touched how we would like or need. In our book it gives the definition of sensation, which is the process of receiving, translating and transmitting messages from the outside world to the brain (Lahey 121). Touch gives us sensation. Also if I know I can physically touch something, I know it is there and that it is real. Like people say, “seeing is believing”, touching is also believing and is proof. Touch also gives us conscious, which defines as a state of awareness (Lahey
4/3/13
Article Title: The Power of Touch
This article is self-explanatory. It is about the Power of Touch and the effects it has on a variety of things. We have five senses; Smell, Taste, Hearing, Sight and alas Touch. Everything on this planet communicates somehow and this article emphasizes the significance of Touch. In the article that Touch is the first sense we acquire and the secret weapon in many a successful relationship (Chillot).. I found this article very intriguing because there are many people in the world who cannot hear and/or see and I always wondered how exactly do they cope with those disabilities in their life. Touch is definitely one of the ways. Babies cannot speak effectively in their early developmental stages and they communicate through touch. Touch is one of the primary methods we receive feeling. In the article it said If you're close enough to touch, it's often the easiest way to signal something. We feel more connected to someone if they touch us (Chillot). This made sense because people always feel a lot more close to someone when they are touched how we would like or need. In our book it gives the definition of sensation, which is the process of receiving, translating and transmitting messages from the outside world to the brain (Lahey 121). Touch gives us sensation. Also if I know I can physically touch something, I know it is there and that it is real. Like people say, “seeing is believing”, touching is also believing and is proof. Touch also gives us conscious, which defines as a state of awareness (Lahey