Researchers Studying the Way the Brain Responds to Social Pain

question 71

Multiple Choice

Researchers studying the way the brain responds to social pain found that:

• A) different areas of the brain respond to social pain compared with physical pain.
• B) the same area of the brain that responds to physical pain, responds to social pain.
• C) the brain does not react to social pain.
• D) the brain seems to react more strongly to physical pain than to social pain.

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