Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Emotional and physical pain share same brain system, studies find - latimes.com

Emotional and physical pain share same brain system, studies find - latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-mood-pain-20110404,0,6296917.story

Across cultures and language divides, people talk about the sting of social rejection as if it were a physical pain . We feel "burned" by a partner's infidelity, "wounded" by a friend's harsh words, "crushed" when a loved one fails us, "heartache" when spurned by a lover.

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