Episode Three: Chamber of Isolation (with Dr. Carissa Cascio)

Tolu and Kristina are joined by Dr. Carissa Cascio who teaches at
Vanderbilt University to discuss the importance of social touch
on human development. What is social touch? How does it influence
our daily activities? How has the pandemic impacted our ability
to engage in social touch? Two, chilling experiments are also
described at the start of the episode to complement the month of
October. The Term of the Episode (TOTE) is social touch. 


Dr. Cascio's Article:


Cascio, C. J., Moore, D., & McGlone, F. (2019). Social touch
and human development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 35,
5-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2018.04.009


Background Music:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6r3uHKDOOc 


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