When tension rises between partners, the natural instinct often drives couples to create distance—both emotional and physical. Yet counterintuitively, maintaining contact during these challenging ...

When I tell people that I study "PDAs" (Public Displays of Affection), often it seems that their first thought is to think of a young couple making out on a park bench or stopping traffic for a ...

Sometimes the point takes you to some memory that is faint. The memory might not even be yours. And this is one of those poems, in which David Baker has me thinking of what I’ve gained and lost trying ...

Q: I’m curious why humans hold hands. Is there a biological reason it’s such a common part of relationships across so many cultures? A: Holding hands exerts striking effects on our emotional state, ...

Some people assume that he is just bitter about being single. However, he makes a valid point. We’ve all been in situations where we have to wriggle our bodies through impossibly tight spaces in ...