背景：美国国家科学院院刊刚刚发表的一项研究说，情侣分手之后的痛苦是非常伤人的。这项研究得出的结论是：肢体疼痛和伤心之痛的作用是一样的。

You've

broken up with

your girlfriend or boyfriend, your wife or and">husband has left you and">and you feel rejected,

dejected

, broken-hearted. Well, new research suggests that intense feelings of rejection are as

hurtful

as physical pain.

The lead author of the study Ethan Kross said the reason is because the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful

sensory

experiences are also activated during intense experiences of social rejection.

The researchers hope their

findings

will offer new

insigh

t into how the experience of intense social

loss

may lead to various physical pain

symptoms

and

disorders

.

They also confirmed the

notion

the people from different cultures all around the world use the same language, words like "hurt" and "pain", to describe the experience of both physical pain and social rejection.

Glossary 词汇表

to break up with someone （情侣）分手

dejected 感到沮丧的

hurtful 令人感到伤痛的

sensory 感官的

findings 研究结果

insight 对事情的了解