Think about the last physical pain you experienced vs. how it felt when you broke up with an ex. On the surface, these two events are completely different. However, cultures around the world use the same language—words like “hurt” and “pain”—to describe both experiences. This month on Sound Science, we explore what is going on in your brain when you experience emotional pain and why social pain, is more than just a metaphor.
We are joined by Professor Nathan DeWall, who explains why taking Tylenol can help soothe a broken heart not just a headache. Professor Nathan DeWall is a Professor of Psychology at the College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky. His research interests include social exclusion and acceptance, aggression, social neuroscience and self-regulation. He is a contributor to the New York Times and has written a number of books and articles, including "Can marijuana reduce social pain?" for Social and Personality Psychological Science and "Can acetaminophen reduce the pain of decision-making?" for the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Our second guest is Dr Sophie Mort, AKA Dr Soph. She will be explaining to us the various stages of heart ache, why we feel what we feel and what we can do to deal with those feelings. Dr Sophie Mort is a Clinical Psychologist, Life Coach and Yoga Teacher. She has a Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Neuroscience. She is on on a mission to get evidence based psychology out of the therapy room and into people's lives. She offers private psychological therapy and life coaching online to people allover the world. Find out more about her on Drsoph.com.
About Dr. Yewande Pearse:
Born and bred in North London, Dr. Yewande Pearse completed her PhD in Neuroscience at King's College London, in 2016. She is now based in Los Angeles, where she works as a Research Fellow, developing a stem cell therapy treatment for a rare childhood brain disease. Outside of the lab, Yewande is a collaborator of Science Gallery Detroit, sits on the Programming Committee Spring/Summer 2019 at Navel Los Angeles, and was a TEDMED Research Scholar for the 2018 Stage Program. Yewande also writes for Massive, an online science media platform.
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