A: Holding hands exerts striking effects on our emotional state, especially when it’s with a romantic partner: It can help lower blood pressure, reduce pain and buffer stressful experiences.A ...

Every year, doctors amputate fingers and hands damaged by fireworks. They try to save eyes. And sometimes they have to ...

2. Holding hands puts us in sync with our partner(s) When people touch hands, they start to breathe in sync as shown in a later Goldstein study from 2018.

Research reveals that holding hands during difficult conversations synchronizes partners' physiology, reduces stress hormones, and creates a biological bridge.

In his work, he’s found that holding hands can help reduce activity in the brain’s hypothalamus, the region in charge of managing stress responses. But that’s not it.

New research suggests that physical touch, such as holding hands, could be helpful in reducing pain, most notably when it’s two people in a relationship, according to researchers from the ...

Zoe Ball has been spotted holding hands with a mystery man at Glastonbury - and fans say he looks just like her ex, Fatboy ...

Holding hands can be romantic, but it can also be protective, comforting, or respectful, says Field. “It has a lot of reasons, objectives, and origins. ...

Holding hands is the first step toward experiencing that bonding feeling with someone else, and the more of your hand your partner wants to hold, the more of that wonderful, ...

Holding hands—known as “rafting” in scientific terms—is a way for sea otters to stay connected and avoid drifting apart while they sleep. By holding onto one another, ...