CU Psychology and Neuroscience/ICS postdoc Leonie Koban and Professor Tor Wager (Cognitive) were in multiple聽news reports聽as a result of a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience regarding the placebo effect and聽the pain of an unwanted emotional breakup. Participants, all of whom had undergone an unwanted breakup within 6 months prior,聽reported less聽emotional and physical pain relative to a control condition after being given a placebo, having been聽told it was a powerful painkiller that reduced physical and emotional pain.聽Moreover, fMRI scanning showed similar patterns聽of pain reduction in the brain in areas associated with opioid production and feel-good neurotransmitters such as dopamine. For more information about the study, read the article, or聽the , or the , or the 聽(which includes a video), or read the .