Breaking up is not only psychological pain, but also physical pain. U.S. researchers recruited 40 volunteers who were forced to break up by their spouses in the past six months and still mind being rejected.The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to observe the brain activity of volunteers. The results show that the brain parts that respond to social rejection such as breakup coincide with those that respond to physical pain
Changes of individual emotion and other psychological processes can affect their physiological response
social rejection such as breakup will cause their physical pain.