At the heart of these disconnecting behaviors are deeply rooted beliefs about ourselves — but luckily, research showed that partners' responsiveness could buffer issues of unmet ideals and lack of ...

Some couples seem to have a quiet closeness that doesn’t need constant explanation. It shows up not just in grand gestures, but in the small, everyday ways they interact with each other. These pairs ...

Stress and anxiety, be they temporary or ongoing, can significantly influence a couple’s emotional connection and level of sexual activity, with both positive and negative effects. While things like ...

Growing older is often synonymous with a slew of misconceptions: slowing down, becoming frail, and, most baffling of all, losing interest in intimacy and love. As a specialist in aging and sexuality, ...

When The Terminator and RoboCop hit theaters in the 1980s, Hollywood imagined artificial intelligence (AI) as an existential threat—machines that would dominate, surveil, and destroy us. Four decades ...

Introduction. Mediatized intimacy. Interdisciplinary and historical studies (abstracts) / Eva L. Wyss (Koblenz-Landau) -- Theoretical reflections on new intimacies. Of rationality and passions / Eva ...

My husband and I have been married for 17 years and we have four children. We met in college and married a few years later. For the most part, our marriage has been a happy one. But one aspect that ...