Brain Treats Social and Physical Pain Differently
ICS and Psychology and Neuroscience graduate student, Choong-Wan (Wani) Woo, along with co-authors, Leonie Koban, Marie Banich, Luka Ruzic, Tor Wager, Jessica Andrews-Hanna, Ethan Kross, and Martin Lindquist, were recently published in Nature Communications. Their study shows that physical pain and social pain are processed by the brain in two distinct ways. These findings could lead to more targeted treatments and a better understanding of how the two kinds of pain interact.
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