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Physical Pain and Emotional Pain Use Same Brain Networks

Posted by Soulskill on from the morphine-cures-broken-hearts dept.

Antipater writes "To the brain, heartbreak and emotional torment are no different from having hot coffee spilled on your hand, reports CNN. They cite a recent study from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in which 40 recently-dumped men and women underwent fMRI scans while having their arm burned or being shown a picture of their ex. The stimuli produced nearly identical brain reactions."

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  1. Re:In other news... by SomeJoel · · Score: 3, Funny

    A lot of inspiration can be found in seemingly bizarre experiments.

    For instance, with the properly constructed experiment, we could finally figure out "How many marketing people does it take to change a lightbulb?"

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  2. Heartbreak and torment by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    heartbreak and emotional torment are no different from having hot coffee spilled on your hand

    If you've seen the price of coffee at Starbucks recently, spilling some would definitely be grounds for feeling emotional trauma.

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  3. Re:Yeah - maybe if you look at it in a silo by Killer+Orca · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are having flashbacks decades later over some "broken heart"? Sorry, but you sound like a pussy who really needs to grow a sack. Women are simply holes for men to relieve themselves into, much like public toilets. Never forget this.

    Take heed gentlemen, this anonymous internet commenter has all the traits women desire but chooses to bestow his wisdom onto us.