Länk - Hålla handen lugnande i goda äktenskap

published Dec 18, 2006 11:27   by admin ( last modified Dec 18, 2006 11:27 )
The results showed a large decrease in the brain response to threat as a function of spouse handholding, and a limited decrease in this response as a function of stranger handholding. Moreover, spouse handholding effects varied as a function of marital quality, with women in the very highest quality marriages benefiting from a very powerful decrease in threat-related brain activity, including a strong decrease in the emotional (affective) component of the brain’s pain processing circuits.


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