Haptic communication many terms such as positive, playful, control, ritualistic, task-related or unintentional. It can be both sexual (kissing is one example that some perceived as sexual), and platonic (such as hugging or a Handshake). Touch is the earliest sense to develop in the fetus. The development of an infant's haptic senses and how it relates to the development of the other senses such as vision has been the target of much research. Human babies have been observed to have enormous difficulty surviving if they do not possess a sense of touch, even if they retain sight and hearing. Infants who can
Pushing the Senses anticipated by Echo, it is still alongside "The Singles" their most successful release in terms of peak chart position. All DVD tracks and footage appear on the United Kingdom, Japanese and European CD/DVD editions of "Pushing the Senses". The following people contributed to "Pushing the Senses": The album was released in three versions: a single disc version, a gatefold 12 inch vinyl, and a double disc version which included the album on one disc and the DVD extras on the other. The first disc is a standard stereo CD while the second disc, which is a DVD-Video, contains a documentary