What are the effects of social rejection on the brain?



Any points in the right direction are helpful.




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    $\begingroup$ Could you add a reference to the study? $\endgroup$ – Jeromy Anglim Feb 28 '13 at 23:01
  • $\begingroup$ @JeffZemla: thank you for adding the reference, much appreciated. $\endgroup$ – Greg McNulty Mar 1 '13 at 4:48
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    $\begingroup$ You could try doing a forward search for articles that cite Eisenberger et al., 2003. Looks like there's over 1400! $\endgroup$ – Dan M. Mar 2 '13 at 17:49
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    $\begingroup$ NeuroSynth (a meta analysis of fMRI results from several studies) tags several parts of the brain in association with the word "pain". I wonder which parts are activated in social rejection and what part they play in physical pain. $\endgroup$ – Keegan Keplinger Mar 5 '13 at 1:33
  • $\begingroup$ In addition to the accepted answer, I'd assume that CBT could reduce the pain as well. $\endgroup$ – Wuschelbeutel Kartoffelhuhn Sep 1 '16 at 20:02

I followed your info and found 2 research papers:



    "If the external circumstance can not change, 
     how can the impact on the brain be reduced?"

From Why Rejection Hurts


From Belongingness as a Core ...

About the second question, I only digged a little bit.

    "What is the average sensitivity to social rejection
    and are some not effect by it?"



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