2. Lower blood pressure. The euphoria hormone released by the body when hugging not only makes people feel happy, but also benefits their health. When hugging, the feeling of the skin will activate the baroreceptor "pasini's Corpuscle" and then send a signal to the vagus nerve area of the brain, which plays a major role in lowering blood pressure.
3. reduce fear. A study on fear and self-esteem published by the Free University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in Psychological Science found that hugging and touching can significantly reduce the fear of death. Many studies have found that hugs (including teddy bears) can help.
Relieve the fear of survival.
4. It's good for the heart. A new study from North Carolina State University found that hugging your lover often is good for your heart. The experimental results show that the heart rate of participants who have no contact with their partners increases by 10 beats/min, while the heart rate of participants who hug their partners only increases by 5 beats/min.
5. Adult hugs benefit the most. According to USA-Today, researchers at Ohio State University found that hugs and physical contact will become more and more important as people get older. A number of studies have shown that loneliness (especially the loneliness of the elderly) will lead to stress multiplication, which is not conducive to health, while hugging will reduce loneliness.
6. Hugging is a natural way to relieve stress. Hugging can immediately reduce the stress hormone cortisol level in the human body and send a "calm" message to the brain.
7. Hug more when you are a child, and the pressure will be less when you are an adult. An animal experiment at Emory University in the United States found that there is an important correlation between touching and relieving stress, especially in the early days of life, and so does human beings. Hugs in childhood can make children better cope with all kinds of pressures when they enter adulthood.