“Social” pain hurts physically, even when we see it in others. The distress caused by social stimuli (e.g., losing a friend, experiencing an injustice or more in general when a social bond is threatened) activates brain circuits related to physical pain: as observed in a new study. This also applies when we experience this type of pain vicariously as an empathic response (when we see somebody else experiencing it).

I chose to put this article on the map because it relates to the module #bio. It talks about the effects that social exclusion can have on the brain which relates to this class because it talks about pain within culture. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140227101125.htm

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=8x95AgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=social+exclusion&ots=qjrh6e233J&sig=zZfOxUMgW5SyI-vphtm2jSsS8gs#v=onepage&q=social%20exclusion&f=false