Did you know that stress is contagious? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences recently had participants watch their spouses or strangers in stressful interview situations and found that about 40% of the participants experienced an increase in the stress hormone cortisol while watching their spouse and about 10% experienced increased cortisol levels watching strangers.

Did you know that stress is contagious? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences recently had participants watch their spouses or strangers in stressful interview situations and found that about 40% of the participants experienced an increase in the stress hormone cortisol while watching their spouse and about 10% experienced increased cortisol levels watching strangers.

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