Harsh words may hurt your knees

[khyaal]

STICKS and stones may break your bones, but words might make you more likely to get arthritis. Not as catchy as the original, but it seems social rejection could trigger diseases linked to inflammation.
Psychologist George Slavich of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues asked 124 volunteers to give speeches and perform mental arithmetic in front of a panel of dismissive observers. Saliva analysis showed they exhibited elevated levels of two inflammation markers. A quarter of the volunteers then played a computer game in which other players were instructed to exclude them.
Functional MRI scans showed this triggered increased activity in two brain regions associated with rejection. Participants with the highest inflammatory responses showed the greatest increases in brain activity (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI:

Understanding the role the brain plays in conditions linked to inflammation - such as asthma, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and depression - will help in the development of new treatments to combat them, says Slavich.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/...our-knees.html

[PFgulalai]

Oh, more than the harsh words, its the persistent silence which leads to inflammation =(

[eusuphxai]

If it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger, a claim smashed into pieces here scientifically.

[eusuphxai]

I dont see how that has anything to do with the topic here.

Rejection doesnt kill you, so it should make you strong, but the research here is telling us otherwise.