| There's a reason they call it a broken heart: Romantic rejection causes physical pain, new research suggests. Psychologists studied 40 recently-dumped volunteers who reported intense feelings of rejection when thinking about the breakup more |
| U.S. News & World Report ( 3/29/2011 8:08:47 AM -08:00 ) |
| Romantic Breakups Cause Real Pain | |
 | Rejection quite literally hurts — the experience and the memory of getting dumped by a loved one trigger brain regions linked with physical sensations of pain, scientists find. Around the world, people for centuries have used the same language — words more |
| Fox News ( 3/29/2011 4:32:58 AM -08:00 ) | |
| Why a breakup feels like a punch in the stomach |
| We've all been there. A lover, out of the blue, says it's over. Suddenly there's a stabbing sensation in the chest, or a wrenching of the gut. Though there's been no physical damage, it really hurts. Scientists now know why we feel as more |
| msnbc.com ( 3/29/2011 4:18:57 AM -08:00 ) |
| Hurt feelings could be 'more than a metaphor,' study finds |
| Researchers using state-of-the-art scanners that show people's brains at work have found for the first time that the same sensory regions in the brain activated in response to physical pain light up more |
| Vancouver Sun ( 3/28/2011 11:34:26 PM -08:00 ) |
| Pang of social rejection similar to physical pain: Study |
| Intense feelings of social rejection and physical pain hurt in the same way, a new study has claimed. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the brain regions that get active when one experiences more |
| Indian Express ( 3/28/2011 11:19:07 PM -08:00 ) |
| Broken heart hurts as much as physical pain |
| A new study has shown that a broken heart ''hurts'' in the same way as intense physical twinge does. The research demonstrated that the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful sensory experiences are activated during intense more |
| Times of India ( 3/28/2011 10:54:07 PM -08:00 ) |
| It's confirmed: A broken heart 'really hurts' |
| Few have avoided the agony of a failed relationship. And, now scientists have confirmed that a broken heart really hurts. An international team, led by Ethan Kross of Michigan University, has carried out a study and found that suffering from a broken more |
| Indian Express ( 3/28/2011 9:53:19 PM -08:00 ) |
| Rejection hurts like physical pain |
| BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that rejection can literally hurt in the same way as physical pain does, according to media reports Tuesday. Researchers found that intense emotional pain, such as feelings of rejection after a more |
| Xinhua ( 3/28/2011 7:27:40 PM -08:00 ) |
| To the brain the pain of rejection really hurts |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The pain of rejection is more than just a figure of speech. The regions of the brain that respond to physical pain overlap with those that react to social rejection, according to a new study that used brain imaging on people involved more |
| The Associated Press ( 3/28/2011 1:40:00 PM -08:00 ) |
| To the brain, getting burned, getting dumped feel the same |
| Brain networks that are activated when you're burned also light up when you think about a lover who has spurned you. (Health.com) -- Science has finally confirmed what anyone who's ever been in love already knows: more |
| CNN International ( 3/28/2011 1:26:07 PM -08:00 ) |
| Rejection Really Hurts, Brain Scans Show | |
 | Maybe words can hurt you as much as sticks and stones: Romantic rejection, at least, causes physical pain, according to a new study of brain activity. Past studies have shown that simulated social rejection may be connected to a network of brain more |
| National Geographic ( 3/28/2011 1:04:35 PM -08:00 ) | |
| Pain, Social Rejection Have Similar Effect on Brain |
| March 28, 2011 -- Rejection really does hurt. That's the message of a new study that suggests physical pain and the pain of rejection may “hurt” in the same way. Researchers found that physical pain and intense emotional pain, more |
| WebMD ( 3/28/2011 12:46:10 PM -08:00 ) |
| Why The Pain Of Romantic Rejection Feels Like A Punch In The Gut |
| There are only a lucky few among us who can't relate to the intense pain of being rejected by a significant other. If a breakup is unexpected, it's all the more painful -- it can hurt with such intensity that you can't breathe, more |
| Huffington Post ( 3/28/2011 12:15:52 PM -08:00 ) |
| Romantic Rejection May Hurt Just Like Physical Pain |
| MONDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Memories of devastating heartbreaks appear to trigger activity in the brain that's similar to when people suffer physical pain, new research suggests. "This tells us how serious rejection can be more |
| U.S. News & World Report ( 3/28/2011 12:07:28 PM -08:00 ) |
| Study Finds the Brain Processes the Social Pain of a Breakup the Same Way as |
| As anyone who's experienced a broken heart, and as countless songs, stories and movies confirm, love can hurt. That pain, according to a new study, is physical as well as emotional. Researchers led by Ethan Kross, more |
| ABC News ( 3/28/2011 11:22:51 AM -08:00 ) |
| Broken Heart Burns Like Hot Coffee, Brain Study of Former Lovers Shows |
| Heartache over lost love is similar to the physical pain of spilling hot coffee on your lap, scientists studying brain scans say. The sting of seeing photos of an ex-lover stimulated the same parts of more |
| Bloomberg ( 3/28/2011 11:16:43 AM -08:00 ) |
| Social Rejection Can Cause Physical Pain |
| Pixland/Thinkstock(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) -- If it's happened to you, and it's happened to so many of us, you probably already know that sometimes love hurts. Now, a new medical study finds that those love pangs one may be feeling is more than just more |
| KGO-AM ( 3/29/2011 10:12:07 AM -08:00 ) |
| Rejection....: image via flirtyandthirty.wordpress.com |
| fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging, allows researchers to follow what's happening in the brain as it is happening, literally, in real time. Psychologists at the University of Michigan and Columbia University utilized fMRI technology to more |
| Inventorspot ( 3/29/2011 10:12:06 AM -08:00 ) |
| Romantic Breakups Can Cause Physical Pain, Study Shows |
| Love hurts. It sounds like a cliche, but new research suggests it might literally be true. Rejection by a romantic partner during a breakup activates regions of the brain associated with physical pain, more |
| AOL Health ( 3/29/2011 10:07:32 AM -08:00 ) |
| Breaking Up is Hard to Do... Literally! |
| It looks like that old saying "love hurts" may actually have some scientific legs to stand on. Ladies, you may want to hold on to your men as long as you can, because apparently the heartache that comes with breaking up can be detrimental more |
| StyleCaster ( 3/29/2011 9:33:36 AM -08:00 ) |