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心痛与身痛,孰更痛?

You've broken up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, your wife or husband has left you and you feel rejected, dejected, broken-hearted. Well, new research suggests that intense feelings of rejection are as hurtful as physical pain.

The lead author of the study Ethan Kross said the reason is because the same regions of the brain that become active in response to

painful sensory experiences are also activated during intense experiences of social rejection.

The researchers hope their findings will offer new insigh t into how the experience of intense social loss may lead to various physical

pain symptoms and disorders.

They also confirmed the notion the people from different cultures all around the world use the same language, words like "hurt" and "pain", to describe the experience of both physical pain and social rejection.

Glossary 词汇表

to break up with someone （情侣）分手

dejected 感到沮丧的

hurtful 令人感到伤痛的

sensory 感官的

findings 研究结果

insight 对事情的了解

loss 丧失

symptom 症状

disorder 紊乱

notion 概念

女性钟爱哪种舞姿?Dad Dancing

The researchers asked young men to dance in a laboratory to a very basic drum rhythm. Their dances were played back to a group of women

who rated them on a scale of one to seven.

The researchers had expected that the movement of arms, legs and hands would be important as they can often convey expressive gestures.

But instead they found that there was a greater focus on the torso, neck and the head. And higher ratings were given for variation and mixing up dance moves.

What went down badly though were twitchy and repetitive movements –often called 'dad dancing'.

The researchers also found from blood tests on the dancers that those who had good moves were in better physical condition.

And so, as is the case with courtship rituals with wild animals, dancing ability may well be a way of assessing a suitable mate.

Glossary 词汇表

drum rhythm 鼓点

to play back 回放

to rate 打分评价

to convey 表达

expressive 富于个人表情的

torso 躯干

variation 多变的

to mix up 混合的

to go down 被… 接受twitchy 抽搐的，抽动的

repetitive 重复的physical condition 身体状态，体能

courtship ritual 求偶行为suitable mate 适合的配偶

乐观使人受益Chin Up!

Ever won the lottery? No? But did that stop you buying another lottery ticket?

If the answer is another 'no', you might call yourself an optimist.

But then, according to researchers at University College London, human beings are naturally sanguine creatures.

It is all in the brain, they say. A study suggests it is very efficient at processing good news: about 80% of people have a tendency to see the glass as

half-full, not half-empty, even if they don't consider themselves to be optimists.

The good news is that this brings a health benefit. Being upbeat and having a positive outlook on life reduces anxiety. A study of nearly 100,000 women showed a lower risk of death from heart disease amongst optimists.

But there are pitfalls to always having an upbeat attitude. The authors of the study point out the 2008 financial crisis may have been caused by

analysts overestimating their assets' performance even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary.

There are personal health risks too. Dr Tali Sharot, lead researcher, said:

"'Smoking Kills' messages don't work as people think their chances of cancer are low. There's a very fundamental bias in the brain."

But, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. Even if seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses poses a risk to our health, it's not something that is likely to cause us to lose sleep.

Let's just keep our chins up and keep smiling!