Holding hands reduce pain in couples, study
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 25-03-2021
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More specifically, Goldstein's study found that holding hands will sync your breathing patterns, heart rate, and brain waves. It is the first study of it's kind to look at brain synchronisation and how this can affect pain through analgesia (science speak for ‘healing by touch').
Goldstein thought of the experiment after being with his wife during childbirth. While his wife was struggling through the birth, the times when they were holding hands seemed to be the easiest for her, and he wanted to investigate if there was truth behind this.