Study: Your Brain Thinks Money Is A Drug

Courtesy NPR 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.

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