Sunday, March 21, 2021

Will we ever shake hands again?


If Covid has taught us anything, it’s that touch really matters – and our impulse to do it likely comes from deep within our DNA. As a basic unit of touch, nothing works as well as the handshake – it allows us to transmit chemosignals, build trust, gesture quickly and universally, and send positive signals of agreement, unity and acceptance. Anything as deeply entrenched in our culture, biology and probably DNA as the handshake is, quite frankly, going nowhere says Ella Al-Shamahi.

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