Max Leung
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...at least in the brain:
Brain scan shows rejection pain.
Brain scan shows rejection pain.
Being snubbed socially provokes exactly the same brain response as being physically hurt, say US researchers.
Volunteers were asked to play a computer game designed to fool them into feeling excluded, while brain scans were taken at the same time.
After the computerised snub, the scan detected activity in an area of the brain linked to physical pain.
Please read this article and respond, or you will hurt my feelings!
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