| Psychologist Kathleen Fox, researcher from Carleton | | | | In order to understand why the bills help alleviate the |
| Management School in University of Minnesota, found | | | | pain, the researchers asked the students participated in |
| that people would feel satisfaction when they think of | | | | this experiment to assess their self-esteem, attraction |
| money. Based on other research which is that | | | | and emotions. The results showed that the only |
| satisfaction can enhance the tolerance of pain, Fox | | | | relevance is people would feel strong ability and deal |
| began to consider whether the money can reduce the | | | | with the negative situation if they have much money. |
| pain. Despite the pain had been studied for many | | | | Daily Mail quoted the words of Fox: When people think |
| years, but scientists had failed to figure out why people | | | | of money in a subtle way such as counted currency, |
| feel the pain and endurance is quite different. For | | | | they would feel less pain when face discomfort." |
| example, supposed 1 to 10 as a measure of the | | | | Before suffering from pain, you may be able to think |
| degree of pain, for a people, the degree of pain is four, | | | | of a way to recharge your batteries," she said," The |
| but it may be the eight for another man. In addition, the | | | | next time when I run the marathon, I would firstly think |
| same individuals and the same pain, but at the different | | | | about money." |
| situation, the degree is not the same. Fox and his | | | | But, social psychologist Ellis Finkel who comes from |
| colleagues recruited two groups of students for this | | | | Northwestern University didn't agree with this point. He |
| experiment, one group counted many 100 U.S. dollars | | | | said the discovery is groundbreaking, but if bring these |
| while the other group counted eighty pieces of paper, | | | | laboratory data into the real world, poor men or people |
| then the researchers asked students to immerse their | | | | who encountered problems of life or physical |
| fingers into water with 50 degrees, as a result, student | | | | discomfort should feel more pain than the rich. In |
| who had counted the money feel less pain. In another | | | | response to Finkel's point, Fox said there is no need to |
| experiment, researchers asked students to play | | | | enjoy the benefits of money by cash, just keeping |
| games, throw a virtual ball between each other, the | | | | your eyes on the computer screen where display lots |
| results showed that the student who had counted the | | | | of money, you could feel better. |
| money feel less tension and pain. | | | | |