Lee, S.W.S. (author), Millet, K. (author), Grinstein, A. (author), Pauwels, K.H. (author), Johnston, P.R. (author), Volkov, A.E. (author), van der Wal, A.J. (author) The human mind harbors various mechanisms for coping with stress, but what role does physical behavior play? Inspired by ethological observations of autogrooming activity across species, we offer a general hypothesis: cleaning attenuates effects of stressful events. Preregistered behavioral and psychophysiological experiments (N = 3,066 in...
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