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→Being shown a picture of a romantic partner results in higher pain tolerance
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It was found that participants could endure significantly more pain when told to focus on the picture of their romantic partner, and during the word association task. The heat was also rated as subjectively less intense when focusing on their romantic partner. | It was found that participants could endure significantly more pain when told to focus on the picture of their romantic partner, and during the word association task. The heat was also rated as subjectively less intense when focusing on their romantic partner. | ||
Only when they focused on their romantic partner were the brains reward systems activated (as measured by MRI. | Only when they focused on their romantic partner were the brains reward systems activated (as measured by MRI). | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | ||
* ''As suggested by previous behavioral research, viewing pictures of a romantic partner effectively reduced self-reported pain.'' | * ''As suggested by previous behavioral research, viewing pictures of a romantic partner effectively reduced self-reported pain.'' | ||
* ''We show here that the activation of reward systems by viewing pictures of one's romantic partner is associated with reduced pain. A better understanding of these analgesic pathways may allow us to identify new targets and methods for producing effective pain relief.'' | * ''We show here that the activation of reward systems by viewing pictures of one's romantic partner is associated with reduced pain. A better understanding of these analgesic pathways may allow us to identify new targets and methods for producing effective pain relief.'' | ||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Younger J, Aron A, Parke S, Chatterjee N, Mackey S. 2010. ''Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems.'' PLoS ONE. 5(10): e13309. [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013309 FullText]] | * Younger J, Aron A, Parke S, Chatterjee N, Mackey S. 2010. ''Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems.'' PLoS ONE. 5(10): e13309. [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013309 FullText]] | ||