Hands crossed Reduce Pain

A new study shows that the folded hands can reduce the intensity of pain. Research was conducted by researchers from University College London (UCL) and published in The Journel of Pain, May 2011.

They say that the folded arms folded arms of the automatic brain can be confusing because of the requirement to send information to the contrary. The way it works, one sends a signal to the body and others to send signals to the outside of the body that lead to pain.

Eight volunteers willing to be involved in this experiment. Puncture needle for four milliseconds with hands crossed and only on one side of the arm. Participants were asked to rate pain intensity in the two situations and EEG (electroencephalography) is used to measure the brain’s response to them.

The results showed that both the perception of pain and EEG activity decreases when the arms are crossed.

“Maybe when we hurt, we should not just rub, but also crossed hands,” said Giandomenico Iannetti of the physiology, pharmacology and neural UCL.