] Writing in the journal Science, Lieberman and Eisenberger ] said the brains of the volunteers lit up when they were ] rejected in virtually the same way as a person ] experiencing physical pain. ] ] ] ] "It would be odd if social pain looked like the exact ] same thing as someone-breaking-your-arm pain," Lieberman ] said. "What it does look like is visceral pain." ] ] ] ] In other words -- like being punched in the stomach. |