新的研究提示,在做出了一个困难的选择之后洗手可帮助人们接受并适应所做出的决定。与观察这些决定的道德意义(如某些其他的有关洗手的研究)不同,这项研究是关于洗手如何能够缓解一种叫做“认知不协调”的情况,这是在同一时间在大脑中同时存在两种相互矛盾的思想时的令人焦虑的感觉。 New research suggests that washing your hands after making a difficult choice helps people accept and adapt to the decisions that they make. In contrast to the moral implications of these decisions (such as some of the other handwashing studies), the study was about how handwashing can alleviate a condition called “cognitive dissonance,” which is the same time that the brain In the simultaneous existence of two conflicting ideas when the anxiety.