In 2008, as the crowd celebrated a successful campaign speech, Barack and Michelle Obama gave each other a fist bump. As many things surrounding the Obama family do, the fist bump went viral. Fist bumps quickly became the new handshake. And according to some, this type of handshake could function…
neuroscience
A new study says that another individual’s stress can alter your brain the same way your own stress does. Additionally, these harmful side effects of stress can be reversed by social interactions—at least in women. The research team reached these findings after studying male and female mice; they separated male…