Failure to recognize a need, such as being heard, activates nerve circuits in the brain similar to those related to physical pain. It talks about it in the insert on newsstands Thursday 2 June, free together with the Courier
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That sense of discomfort that one feels when other people have towards us has a solid neurobiological basis attitudes and behaviors that hurt us. In fact, in these situations, areas belonging to both the cognitive and the emotional and motor spheres are activated in the brain, as if somehow preparing for flight or attack, as if one perceives a threat to one’s psychophysical integrity. These networks, which are activated when the behaviors of others hurt our sensitivity, are also the same ones that are activated when we perceive physical pain, so it can be said that really hostile or unsupportive words and attitudes can hurt. what emerges from an innovative experimental research carried out by Giancarlo Quarta Onlus Foundation of Milan for some time engaged in studies in this area, considered increasingly important in the clinical relationship. The research, called FIORE 2 (Functional Imaging of Reinforcement Effects), was created in collaboration with the University of Padua and the Padua Neuroscience Center (Pnc). It follows a previous experiment that had measured the cerebral effects of a communication that was instead to be considered positive and that met people’s expectations and needs (FLOWER 1).
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