完形填空：Could a hug a day keep the doctor away？ The answer may be a resounding "yes!" 1 helping you

Could a hug a day keep the doctor away？ The answer may be a resounding "yes!"1helping you feel close and2to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a3of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you4getting sick this winter.

In a recent study5over 400 health adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs6the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold after being7to the virus .People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come8with a cold ,and the researchers9that the stress-reducing effects of hugging10about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.11among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe12.

"Hugging protects people who are under stress from the13risk for colds that's usually14with stress," notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and helps15the feeling that others are there to help16difficulty."

Some experts17the stress-reducing , health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called "the bonding hormone"18it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mother and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain , and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it19in the brain, where it20mood, behavior. and physiology.

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