Anewstudyhasfoundthatallwomenneedtolowertheirstresslevelsisastrongandhappymarriage.AteamofresearchersledbyJamesa.CoanaUniversityofVirginianeuroscientist(神经学家)hasfoundthatwomenunderthreatwhoholdtheirhusbands'handsshowsignsofimmediatereliefwhichcanclearlybeseenontheirbrainscans.
CoananassistantprofessorintheU.VA.NeuroscienceGraduateProgramandtheDepartmentofPsychologyandhisteamconductedastudyinvolvingseveralcoupleswhoratedthemselvesashighlysatisfiedwiththeirmarriages.
TheresearchersdesignedafunctionalMRI(magneticresonanceimaging磁共振成像)studyinwhich16marriedwomenweresubjectedtothethreatofaverymildelectricshockwhiletheybyturnsheldtheirhusband'shandthehandofastranger(male)ornohandatall.
TheyfoundthattheMRIwasabletoshowhowthesewomen'sbrainsrespondedtothishandholdingwhileinathreateningsituation.Theresearchersnotedalargedecreaseinthebrainresponsetothreatasafunctionofpartnerhandholdingandalimiteddecreaseinthisresponseasafunctionofstrangerhandholding.
Moreoverpartnerhandholdingeffectsvariedasafunctionofmaritalqualitywithwomenintheveryhighestqualitymarriagesbenefitingfromaverypowerfuldecreaseinthreat-relatedbrainactivity."Thisisthefirststudyoftheneurologicalreactionstohumantouchinathreateningsituation."saidDr.Coan.
1.Thestudyshowsthat_____canbethebestwaytolessenstressforwomen.
A.high-qualitymarriages B.holdingtheirhusband'shand
C.gettingmarried D.beingstrongandhappy
2.Howdotheresearcherscreatethethreateningsituationintheexperiment?
A.Forcingthewomentoholdthehandofastranger.
B.Givingthewomenaverymildelectricshock.
C.Puttingthewomeninadarkandsilentroom.
D.Tellingthestoryofsadmarriage.
3.Accordingtothestudythelargerdecreaseinthebrainresponsetothethreat__
A.themoresatisfiedyou'llbewiththemarriage.
B.themoredisappointedyou'llbewiththemarriage
C.themoreeageryou'llbetogetmarried.
D.theles
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