Kissing feels instinctive and intimate, yet scientists now argue it is a surprisingly recent and uneven addition to human behavior. Instead of a single romantic origin story, the evidence points to a ...

For generations, passionate kisses immortalized in movies, songs and the arts have served as a thermometer of romantic affection. But current research has found that not only is romantic kissing not ...

A touch, a kiss, a hug, a dropped defense never used again. Tiny actions can go unnoticed and get taken for granted, but these seemingly insignificant habits are where we create true soul connections ...

Intimate kissing (think lip-to-lip contact between two individuals in a sexual context) is typically the first partnered sexual behavior you experience. It's also the most common and the most frequent ...

Romantic kissing refers to the touching of lips between romantic partners — boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, etc. Romantic kissing is rarely studied in sciences — aside from the very unromantic ...

Sophie Lund Rasmussen has received funding from the Edubba Foundation and the Carlsberg Foundation. Troels Pank Arbøll has received funding from the Edubba Foundation and the Carlsberg Foundation. Lip ...

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