Touch starvation, also called affection deprivation ... The top layer of your skin, called the epidermis, is full of nerves, along with pressure receptors under the skin. When someone touches ...

Some can detect the lightest of touches, others, deep pressure ... the upper calf still has plenty of sense receptors, but not many that detect light touch. Ok that’s enough!

The award is "for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch". The motivation part ... make it possible to feel temperature and pressure. These processes are essential to living ...