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SUBMITTER: Woo CW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285151 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woo Choong-Wan CW Koban Leonie L Kross Ethan E Lindquist Martin A MA Banich Marie T MT Ruzic Luka L Andrews-Hanna Jessica R JR Wager Tor D TD
Nature communications 20141117
Current theories suggest that physical pain and social rejection share common neural mechanisms, largely by virtue of overlapping functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activity. Here we challenge this notion by identifying distinct multivariate fMRI patterns unique to pain and rejection. Sixty participants experience painful heat and warmth and view photos of ex-partners and friends on separate trials. FMRI pattern classifiers discriminate pain and rejection from their respective control ...[more]