Social pain and the brain: Controversies, questions, and where to go from here

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 601-629

  Eisenberger, Naomi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective component of pain; Anterior insula; Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; Emotional pain; Social distress; Social physical pain overlap

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEREAVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; EMOTION; HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BEREAVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84964282435     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115146     Document Type: Article

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