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Holding Hands Syncs Brainwaves and Eases Pain


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Holding hands can sync brainwaves, ease pain, study shows

Date:
March 1, 2018
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Summary:
A new study by a pain researcher shows that when a romantic partner holds hands with a partner in pain, their brain waves sync and her pain subsides.
 

 

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Reach for the hand of a loved one in pain and not only will your breathing and heart rate synchronize with theirs, your brain wave patterns will couple up too, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

 

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The results of this study make it that much sadder that our modern technology is removing more and more of the direct human element from our communications and interactions.

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