Physical and Social Pain Are Processed in Some of the Same Areas of the Brain | Healthland | TIME.com | Science News | Scoop.it
From healthland.time.com - February 28, 2012 4:00 AM

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can hurt just as much. Indeed, according to converging evidence reported in a new review in Current Directions in Psychological Science, physical and social pain are processed in some of the same regions of the brain.

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