Sticks and Stones: Brain Releases Natural Painkillers During Social Rejection
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 13:01
in Psychology & Sociology
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," goes the playground rhyme that's supposed to help children endure taunts. But a new study suggests that there's more going on inside our brains when someone snubs us - and that the brain may have its own way of easing social pain.