In some experiments on the pain of being rejected, participants played a ball-tossing game while their brains were being scanned in an fMRI. Those excluded during the game showed increased activity in the ___________ areas of the brain involved in the experience of pain.

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The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and right anterior insula are known to be involved in the experience of physical pain as well as social/emotional pain, such as the pain of being rejected or excluded. The other brain areas listed are not typically associated with pain experience.

In Some Experiments on the Pain of Being Rejected, Participants