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Swearing can ease pain

Swearing can ease pain -- but for habitual swearers that pain relief quickly wears off.
Swearing can ease pain -- but for habitual swearers that pain relief quickly wears off.


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A new study suggests that swearing can relieve pain -- but only if you don't curse regularly in everyday life, the Daily Mail reports.

Previous studies have shown that letting fly with a few choice expletives can ease pain. But the experiment showed the more often people swear in daily life, the less extra time they could stand the pain, according to Keele University researchers.

(点击《每日邮报》查看原文)

咒骂有助缓解疼痛?

       据英国《每日邮报》报道,心理学家称咒骂可以缓解疼痛,但是对于习惯每天爆粗口的人来说就不管用了。

       尽管之前有研究认为偶尔咒骂可以缓解疼痛,但是英国基尔大学研究发现,日常生活中经常爆粗口的人比偶尔咒骂的人的忍耐力要弱。

(China.org.cn May 9, 2011)

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