Spontaneous facial self-touching may be an evolutionary, self-soothing behavior that helps regulate stress, according to researchers from the University of Houston and Virginia Tech. Subscribe to our ...

May is National Masturbation Month, and we're celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure. "You are encouraged to make sounds, to moan, scream, gasp, say ...

Researchers at the University of Houston’s Affective and Data Computing Laboratory (ACDC Lab) found that facial self-touching — particularly around the nose, chin and cheeks — strongly correlates with ...

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...