Vibrating Geek » science http://vibratinggeek.com Relationships. With Batteries. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:12:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cursing and pain tolerance http://vibratinggeek.com/2009/07/cursing-and-pain-tolerance/ http://vibratinggeek.com/2009/07/cursing-and-pain-tolerance/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:28:16 +0000 Fiona http://vibratinggeek.com/?p=127 Recently a paper was published demonstrating that volunteers were able to withstand pain for longer when they cursed versus when they said a non-sense word.

What is clear,” Stephens told Reuters, “is that swearing elicits both an emotional response and a physical one, too. This response could shed light on why the age-old practice of cursing developed, and still is in existence today.

Maybe we should try this here at home. Can I withstand a paddling better when cursing than when not? Hey, middle of a heat wave, all the windows are shut. What better time to be loud than when all the windows are closed.

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