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In the Guardian this morning: “The pain of rejection is more than mere metaphor. A team of scientists have found that to the brain, a social snub is just like stubbing a toe.
“Brain scans carried out on volunteers showed that when they suffered a social snub, the brain’s ‘pain centre’ went into overdrive. The finding suggests that any emotional stress, such as the demise of a relationship or the loss of a loved one, might be far more closely linked to real pain than previously thought.”
