] 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.

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