Research
Being near a romantic partner may help the body regulate blood sugar, temperature, and stress
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- Sharing a room with a romantic partner or caregiver may help the body regulate blood sugar levels, skin temperature and stress arousal.
- The reported effect is that regulation takes less overall effort than when alone.
- The findings come from four experiments with adults and infants.
Why it matters
The findings suggest that physical proximity to a close partner or caregiver may affect basic physiological regulation, which is relevant to researchers studying social factors in health.
Who’s affected
- psychology and health researchers
- researchers studying social support and physiological regulation
- #psychology
- #stress
- #blood-sugar
- #thermoregulation
- #social-support
Sharing a room with a romantic partner or caregiver may help the human body regulate basic internal functions, including blood sugar levels, skin temperature, and stress arousal, with less overall effort than when alone. Across four experiments with adults and infants published…