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The feeling is familiar to anyone who has been passed over for a team place or snubbed at a party - an almost painful feeling in the stomach. Well that "kicked in the guts" feeling is real, scientists say... |
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| Snub Really is a Kick in the Guts, Brain Reveals (October 2003) |
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Brain imaging studies show that a social snub affects the brain precisely the way visceral pain does. "When someone hurts your feelings, it really hurts you," says Matt Lieberman, a social psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who worked on the study. "I wouldn't want to be quoted as saying that physical pain and social pain are the same thing, but it seems that some of the same things are going on," he said. "In the English language we use physical metaphors to describe social pain like 'a broken heart' and 'hurt feelings'," said Naomi Eisenberger, a graduate student who did much of the work. "Now we see that there is good reason for this."… ... |
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