The Science of Touch and Connection Ft. Dr. Michael Banissy Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn about the simple - but powerful -
benefits of touch.





Dr. Michael Banissy is a social neuroscientist at the University
of Bristol who studies affection, communication, sleep, empathy,
and touch. He is also the author of Touch Matters: Handshakes,
Hugs, and the New Science on How Touch Can Enhance Your
Well-being. In this episode, he explains how humans experience
empathy, connection and belonging through touch and offers his
thoughts about whether or not robots can offer similar touch
benefits.





00:00 Preview


00:32  Introduction


00:50 About Dr. Michael Banissy


02:27 Outcomes of The Touch Test (the world’s largest study of
touch)


04:28 Michael’s personal experience as a touch scientist


06:25 The benefits of different kinds of touch


09:23 The importance of touch for children and babies


11:17 How social connection improves our well-being


14:05 How touch connects us to our environments


16:08 Can technology replicate physical touch?


21:26 How do we experience empathy?


25:50 The value of empathy in workplace collaboration


26:45 Techniques to flex our empathy muscles


31:37 Dr. Michael Banissy’s Purposeful Empathy Story


CONNECT WITH DR. MICHAEL BANISSY


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-banissy/ 


Twitter: @mbanissy


Instagram: @mbanissy





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Video edited by David Tsvariani