Handling Money Could Bring Pain Relief

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Who needs aspirin when cold, hard cash could ease your aches and pains? In a series of experiments, conducted by scienctists from the University of Minnesota's Carleton School of Management, people who counted money felt less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water. The soothing power of cash also helped them shrug off the emotional pain of social exclusion.

The findings might offer a way to ease life's stings and hurts, from painful medical treatments to social ostracism: simply flip through a bulging wallet before enduring a painful experience.

(via Neatorama)