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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Research has shown that the same areas of the brain activated by physical pain are also activated by social pain, indicating a shared neural basis for these experiences.

Researchers Studying the Way the Brain Responds to Social Pain