Buffer the Pain Away: Stimulating the Right Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Reduces Pain Following Social Exclusion

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1473-1475

  Riva, Paolo ^a   Romero Lauro, Leonor J ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^b   Bushman, Brad J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84870244531     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612450894     Document Type: Article

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