Many functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have explored the neural correlates of
social pain that results from social threat, exclusion, rejection, loss or negative evaluation …

People feel psychological pain when they are excluded, and this pain is often attenuated
when emotional support is received. It is therefore likely that a specific neural mechanism …

Social interaction inherently involves the subjective evaluation of cues salient to social
inclusion and exclusion. Testifying to the importance of such social cues, parts of the neural …

Numerous languages characterize 'social pain', the feelings resulting from social
estrangement, with words typically reserved for describing physical pain ('broken …

Several chapters in this volume explore whether a particular dimension of social cognition
can be reduced to more general cognitive processes by examining whether social and …

The human neural correlates of social rejection have attracted significant research interest,
but remain subject to vigorous debate. Specifically, it has been proposed that a matrix of …

Social rejection often increases aggression, but the neural mechanisms underlying this
effect remain unclear. This experiment tested whether neural activity in the dorsal anterior …

Early neuroimaging studies using Cyberball suggested that social rejection activated the
pain matrix, as identified in studies of physical pain. However, these early studies were …

Recent research has shown that experiencing events that represent a significant threat to
social bonds activates a network of brain areas associated with the sensory-discriminative …

People often experience two types of pain: social pain and physical pain. The former is
related to psychological distance from other people or social groups, whereas the latter is …