Rejection does hurt-Study

A University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) study has shown that social rejection and pain resulting from a romantic break-up (for example) can increase certain people's sensitivity to physical pain.

The study, which was published on August 14 in the early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that the receptor genes that control people's sensitivity to physical pain are also associated with sensitivity to social pain, particularly from social rejection.

It also showed that people with a rare form of the gene that makes them more sensitive to physical pain were also more sensitive to social pain.

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