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February 05, 2006

The Healing Hands of Husbands

Women are immediately comforted by their husband's touch when under stress. No, really!

Married women under extreme stress who reach out and hold their husbands' hands feel immediate relief, neuroscientists have found in what they say is the first study of how human touch affects the neural response to threatening situations.
The soothing effect of the touch could be seen in scans of areas deep in the brain that are involved in registering emotional and physical alarm.

The women received significantly more relief from their husbands' touch than from a stranger's, and those in particularly close marriages were most deeply comforted by their husbands' hands, the study found.

Awww.
The scientists did not evaluate the health effects of snuggling, though anecdotal evidence indicates that men find it extremely painful.

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