Imagined future social pain hurts more now than imagined future physical pain

Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 314 - 317
Published: Mar 13, 2012
Abstract
Social pain has been shown to be more easily re-lived than physical pain. This study further examined whether social pain could be more easily pre-lived or pre-experienced than physical pain. Participants were instructed to pre-live a socially or physically painful event and report their feelings of pain. Consistent with our hypotheses, social pain is easily pre-lived, but physical pain is not. In addition, individuals with more vivid mental...
Paper Details
Title
Imagined future social pain hurts more now than imagined future physical pain
Published Date
Mar 13, 2012
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
314 - 317
Citation AnalysisPro
  • Scinapse’s Top 10 Citation Journals & Affiliations graph reveals the quality and authenticity of citations received by a paper.
  • Discover whether citations have been inflated due to self-citations, or if citations include institutional bias.