Heartache or headache, pain process is similar, studies find
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 20:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The brain's shared pain network illustrates the link between body and mind, and it may help explain how emotional ups or downs affect health too.Across cultures and language divides, people talk about the sting of social rejection as if it were a physical pain. We feel "burned" by a partner's infidelity, "wounded" by a friend's harsh words, "crushed" when a loved one fails us, "heartache" when spurned by a lover.