http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2010 今年搞笑諾貝爾和平獎得獎者： 英國Keele大學Richard Stephens、John Atkins及Andrew Kingston等三人共享。 得獎理由是：此三人證明罵髒話可以減輕疼痛。 得獎論文： Stephens, Richard, John Atkins and Andrew Kingston. 2009. Swearing as a response to pain. NeuroReport 20, 1056-1060. 附錄原文摘要： Although a common pain response, whether swearing alters individuals' experience of pain has not been investigated. This study investigated whether swearing affects cold-pressor pain tolerance (the ability to withstand immersing the hand in icy water), pain perception and heart rate. In a repeated measures design, pain outcomes were assessed in participants asked to repeat a swear word versus a neutral word. In addition, sex differences and the roles of pain catastrophising, fear of pain and trait anxiety were explored. Swearing increased pain tolerance, increased heart rate and decreased perceived pain compared with not swearing. However, swearing did not increase pain tolerance in males with a tendency to catastrophise. The observed pain-lessening (hypoalgesic) effect may occur because swearing induces a fight-or-flight response and nullifies the link between fear of pain and pain perception. --

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