Andrew Huberman· PhD
we have these uh they're actually unspecialized sensors in our skin um the hairy parts of our skin like your arm whatever your and they provide input essentially to A system that releas the system that releases oxytocin directly and that's basically all they do they're really bad at telling you exactly where or how you know what's being done or how much pressure but they operate best at um body temperatures so you're being touched with a body temperature stimulus and in a way that's very what we would consider to be very pleasant like getting tickies you know it's like grooming like this is the same thing as grooming in uh in monkeys