An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 12, 2024
- April 11, 2024
- April 10, 2024
- April 9, 2024
- April 8, 2024
- April 7, 2024
- April 6, 2024
June 8, 2011 01:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jrnRAGScI7s/Physical-Pain-and-Emotional-Pain-Use-Same-Brain-Networks
Physical Pain and Emotional Pain Use Same Brain Networks
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."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jrnRAGScI7s/Physical-Pain-and-Emotional-Pain-Use-Same-Brain-Networks
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot