{"id":1433,"date":"2010-02-24T07:04:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2010-02-24T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T15:04:41","slug":"touchy-feely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/24\/touchy-feely\/","title":{"rendered":"touchy feely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8211; &#8220;A warm touch seems to set off the release of oxytocin, a hormone that helps create a sensation of trust, and to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s nice. Kinda makes you want to snuggle up to a primate near you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the brain, prefrontal areas, which help regulate emotion, can relax, freeing them for another of their primary purposes: problem solving. In effect, the body interprets a supportive touch as &#8216;I\u2019ll share the load.&#8217;&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/23\/health\/23mind.html?em\">We think that humans build relationships precisely for this reason, to distribute problem solving across brains,\u201d<\/a> said James A. Coan, a a psychologist at the University of Virginia. \u201cWe are wired to literally share the processing load, and this is the signal we\u2019re getting when we receive support through touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gives a whole new meaning to the idea of being wired, eh? &#8220;I&#8217;ll share the load.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Idea for a barroom pick-up line &#8211; &#8220;Hey, good looking; want to solve some problems?&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New York Times &#8211; &#8220;A warm touch seems to set off the release of oxytocin, a hormone that helps create a sensation of trust, and to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol.&#8221; That&#8217;s nice. Kinda makes you want to snuggle up to a primate near you. &#8220;In the brain, prefrontal areas, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}