Humiliation Equals Real Physical Pain
Dear Friends!
Please see further down the New York Times article on Mirror Neurons and how they are relevant for humiliation.
Evelin
Blakeslee, S. (2006). Cells That Read Minds. The New York Times, January 10, Section F, Column 2, Science Desk. p. 1.
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Social emotions like guilt, shame, pride, embarrassment, disgust and lust are based on a uniquely human mirror neuron system found in a part of the brain called the insula, Dr. Keysers said. In a study not yet published, he found that when people watched a hand go forward to caress someone and then saw another hand push it away rudely, the insula registered the social pain of rejection. Humiliation appears to be mapped in the brain by the same mechanisms that encode real physical pain, he said.
Posted by Evelin at November 12, 2006 06:38 PM