Richard and Matthew take a quick look at some recent studies.
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Some of the topics we covered today:
To Sleep, Perchance to Heal: A Newly Discovered Gene Governs the Need for Slumber When Sick Penn Medicine
We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it
Emotional and Physical Pain Activate Similar Brain Regions: Where does emotion hurt in the body?
Alan Fogel Posted Apr 19, 2012
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/body-sense/201204/emotional-and-physical-pain-activate-similar-brain-regions
Ethan Kross, Marc G. Berman, Walter Mischel, Edward E. Smith, Tor D. Wager (2011) Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (15) 6270-6275; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102693108
Naomi I. Eisenberger, Matthew D. Lieberman, Kipling D. Williams (2003). Does Rejection Hurt? An fMRI Study of Social Exclusion. Science, 302 (5643): 290-292 DOI:10.1126/science.1089134
Virginia Commonwealth University (2018). Social rejection is painful and can lead to violence. ScienceDaily. 14 June. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180614212911.htm
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