Monday, March 28, 2011

Rejection Hurts -- Literally

"New research shows that rejection hurts -- literally.

According to a study featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that the most intense forms of rejection created a physical response in the brain.

Essentially, the same areas of the brain that usually light up during physical pain brightened when subjects conjured up feelings of social rejection."
via Discovery News /continue reading
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