Tiffany Field

Professor in Departments of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry; Director of the Touch Research Institute, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and author

Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry; Director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.  She’s author of the book “Touch”

Tiffany Field on KCRW

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

The wonder and science behind human touch

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

from Life Examined

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

The wonder and science behind human touch

Studies with premature babies and in Romanian orphanages show when infants and babies are caressed, they flourish and gain weight.

from Life Examined

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