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Love Really Does Hurt？
愛很傷？
In a recent study, scientists observed that when the participants felt rejected,
在最新的科學研究里，科學家發現被測試者有以下現象：如果他們感覺到他們被人拒絕的話，
the flow of blood increased to the area of their brain known as the anterior cingulated cortex.
在人們熟知的大腦前環帶皮層的血液流動量會增加。
This same area has been associated with the emotional response to unpleasant physical pain.
這個地方是人們感覺生理上的疼痛時情感的反應。
The same part of the brain apparently responds to both physical bruises and bruised feelings.
大腦的同一個部分可以對身體和心靈的創傷作出反應。
This may signal that the need for social connections is as strong as the need to stay out of physical harm.
這事可以反映出我們與社會的融合跟我們要免于受到身體傷害一樣重要。
For mammals, apparently, being excluded from a group can be dangerous, and even deadly.
而對于哺乳動物來說，顯然，被群體排斥在外是很危險的，甚至是致命的。
I mean, evolutionarily speaking, living and working in a group is a key component of how well humans have managed to survive.
我的意思是，從進化論的角度講，在族群中工作和生活是人類生存優劣的關鍵因素。
This means we have to stop dismissing emotional pain as something imaginary.
這意味著我們必須停止漠視情感傷痛，不要把它作為想象的東西。
And the next step might be to test whether the extent to which you feel comfortable socially helps lessen the pain of rejection.
接下來可能就是要測驗出哪些社交中讓你覺得舒服的事情可以幫助減輕被拒絕的痛苦。
