Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological ...

How the brain responds to social acceptance, rejection Each round gave two types of feedback: whether the participant successfully matched with a Decider (a rewarding outcome) and how highly the ...

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A cross-sectional study of 499 Turkish university students finds that felt acceptance and inclusion, not fear of missing out, ...

Today in Psychology Today there was a discussion about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, a likely subset of social anxiety disorder that might become a diagnosis in the next version of the DSM. Normally ...

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Though painful, social rejection can be a powerful learning tool, new USC research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the neurological ...