Holding their husbands' hands in stressful moments helps women cope, according to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that "Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to assess how the women's brains responded. Holding any hand helped relax the women, they found, but holding the spouse's hand had an especially powerful effect."
Makes sense. But the study apparently didn't say whether the husbands felt a similar effect. Nor did it address whether unmarried couples could derive the same benefits.
Thus many questions remain unanswered about the impact of premarital interdigitation. Let's get the scientists on that burning issue right away, OK?
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