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MRI shows that hand-holding decreases stress

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Gwynne D. Koch

The saying “lending a helping hand” takes on another level of meaning, according to a recent study conducted by neuroscientists at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With the aim of understanding the effect of soothing social behaviors on neural systems that respond to danger and stress, the researchers used functional MRI to examine how the brains of married women respond to hand-holding while the women are in a threatening situation. Sixteen women in self-rated highly satisfactory marriages were subjected to the threat of receiving an...Read full article

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    Published: March 2007
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