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Brain scans link breakup pain to physical burn
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In 2011, University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross led a study where 40 recently heartbroken people viewed ex-partner photos and felt heat in an MRI. Both activated the secondary somatosensory cortex and dorsal posterior insula, showing breakup pain overlaps physical pain regions.
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