The Heartbrake of Social Rejection

@article{GuntherMoor2010TheHO,
  title={The Heartbrake of Social Rejection},
  author={Bregtje Gunther Moor and Eveline A. Crone and Maurits W. van der Molen},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2010},
  volume={21},
  pages={1326 - 1333}
}
Social relationships are vitally important in human life. [] Key Method Study participants were presented with a series of unfamiliar faces and were asked to predict whether they would be liked by the other person. Following each judgment, participants were provided with feedback indicating that the person they had viewed had either accepted or rejected them. Feedback was associated with transient heart rate slowing and a return to baseline that was considerably delayed in response to unexpected social…
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