Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin
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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin is a seminal work of anthropology and psychology that explores the crucial role of human skin and physical contact in emotional development, communication, and social bonding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T810102 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin Context triple: [Ashley Montagu, notableWork, Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin]
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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B.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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C.
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is Charles Darwin’s influential 1872 work that explores how human and animal emotional expressions evolved and are biologically rooted.
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D.
Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
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E.
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences is a book by psychologist and consciousness researcher Susan Blackmore that explores the science, psychology, and personal phenomenology of out-of-body experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin Target entity description: Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin is a seminal work of anthropology and psychology that explores the crucial role of human skin and physical contact in emotional development, communication, and social bonding.
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A.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
-
B.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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C.
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is Charles Darwin’s influential 1872 work that explores how human and animal emotional expressions evolved and are biologically rooted.
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D.
Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
-
E.
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences is a book by psychologist and consciousness researcher Susan Blackmore that explores the science, psychology, and personal phenomenology of out-of-body experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| author | Ashley Montagu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
classic in humanistic psychology
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seminal work on the psychology of touch ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
anthropology
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human development ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasEdition | revised edition ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on infant-mother bonding
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studies of tactile communication ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
communication
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emotional development ⓘ human skin ⓘ physical contact ⓘ social bonding ⓘ touch ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row ⓘ |
| topic |
body image
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effects of touch deprivation ⓘ human attachment ⓘ importance of touch in infancy ⓘ sensory perception ⓘ social communication ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin Description of subject: Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin is a seminal work of anthropology and psychology that explores the crucial role of human skin and physical contact in emotional development, communication, and social bonding.
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