Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. [article].
The authors forward the hypothesis that social exclusion is experienced as painful because reactions to rejection are mediated by aspects of the physical pain system. The authors begin by presenting the theory that overlap between social and physical pain was an evolutionary development to aid socia...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.131.2.202 |