Handling Money Brings Pain Relief

Psychologists at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management have found that handling money can alleviate both physical and emotional pain. In one experiment, test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money. Lead author Kathleen Vohs said, "When people are reminded of money in a subtle manner by counting out hard currency, they experience painful situations as being not very painful. You could think about being able to charge yourself up before you encounter pain. When I used to run marathons, I would've maybe wanted to be reminded of money first."

Comments

Cocaine

[Daxx22]

Maybe it's all the cocaine the bills have absorbed over time!

I think it's obvious

[Target Practice]

Psychologists at the University of Minnesota's Carleton *School of Management*

Does anyone else see the correlation? Their sample group was entirely MBA-types.

Re:I think it's obvious

[cgenman]

Summary: Being broke hurts.

applied theory

[Atreide]

next time I cheat my girlfriend
I would pay a professional lady with hard currency
so that when I face my girlfriend
I will be relieved from emotional pain

Re:applied theory

[c 0xFF]

Burma Shave

Cocaine is not that powerful of a drug

[spun]

It is not readily absorbed through the skin, which is why it was only used as a topical anesthetic of the mucus membranes such as the mouth, eyes, and ears. It is also not powerful enough that the trace amounts in money could have any effect.