Handling money can make painful things feel less painful, a groundbreaking experiment shows. Researchers say it appears that the human brain sees cold, hard cash as a reasonable substitute for another pain buffer — love.
human brainStudy: Your Brain Thinks Money Is A DrugNPR Programs: Morning Edition Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:00pm
Handling money can make painful things feel less painful, a groundbreaking experiment shows. Researchers say it appears that the human brain sees cold, hard cash as a reasonable substitute for another pain buffer — love. Brain's center for seeing 3-D is identifiedUT - Office of Public Affairs Tue, 07/21/2009 - 7:55am
Ducking a punch or a thrown spear calls for the power of the human brain to process 3-D motion, and to perceive an object (whether it's offensive or not) moving in three dimensions is critical to survival. |