http://brainblogger.com/2009/08/10/social-and-physical-pain-share-neural-architecture/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://brainblogger.com/2009/08/10/social-and-physical-pain-share-neural-architecture/#comment-557119 Science Report » Blog Archive » Social and Physical Pain Share Neural Architecture Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:03:42 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2992#comment-557119 [...] The old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” may be more defensive than accurate. Indeed, most languages rely on words that represent pain — hurt feelings, heartache, broken hearts — to communicate feelings of social distress. Recent findings in neuroscience suggest that sayings such as these may reflect more than poetic metaphor, and instead indicate an overlap in neural systems used to represent physical and social pain in humans. … [visit site to read more] [...] [...] The old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” may be more defensive than accurate. Indeed, most languages rely on words that represent pain — hurt feelings, heartache, broken hearts — to communicate feelings of social distress. Recent findings in neuroscience suggest that sayings such as these may reflect more than poetic metaphor, and instead indicate an overlap in neural systems used to represent physical and social pain in humans. … [visit site to read more] [...]

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