Broken hearts and broken bones: A neural perspective on the similarities between social and physical pain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-47

  Eisenberger, Naomi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior insula; dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; fMRI; neural; physical pain; social pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856432953     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411429455     Document Type: Article

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