Handling Money Brings Pain Relief

Psychologists at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management have found that handling money can alleviate both physical and emotional pain. In one experiment, test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money. Lead author Kathleen Vohs said, "When people are reminded of money in a subtle manner by counting out hard currency, they experience painful situations as being not very painful. You could think about being able to charge yourself up before you encounter pain. When I used to run marathons, I would've maybe wanted to be reminded of money first."

Cocaine

[Daxx22]

Maybe it's all the cocaine the bills have absorbed over time!

applied theory

[Atreide]

next time I cheat my girlfriend
I would pay a professional lady with hard currency
so that when I face my girlfriend
I will be relieved from emotional pain

WTF?

[Itninja]

test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money

Who was running this experiment, Dr. Mengele?

Re:WTF?

[Jeng]

Don't feel too bad for the test subjects, they were just future PHB's going after their MBA.

Most probably the person who devised the test was in IT.

When you're told you can't keep the money ...

[PolygamousRanchKid]

... the pain sets in.

Spaceballs explains it:

[Mr Z]

Barf: I know we need the money, but...

Lone Starr: Listen! We're not just doing this for money!

Barf: [Barf looks at him, raises his ears]

Lone Starr: We're doing it for a S**T LOAD of money!

Product Idea!

[John Hasler]

> Would the shredded money from from the federal reserve have the same effect?

Buy it, stuff matresses with it, and sell them via Sharper Image.

Re:Social Conditioning

[Anonymous Coward]

They did try that, but they ran out of researchers. They never got past the control experiment. It seems that indigenous peoples know enough to kill folks who try to scald their hands.

Re:I think it's obvious

[cgenman]

Summary: Being broke hurts.

Re:applied theory

[c++0xFF]

Burma Shave

Pssht Rappers have know about this for years

[djdavetrouble]

Observe the following Young Jeezy Lyrics:

I used to get bored, count 20's for practice
Paper therapy, we let the money relax us

Re:I tried this experiment

[stonewallred]

I am in a great deal of pain due to a screwed up disc. If all the /. readers will send me $20.00 US, cash only, small bills are fine, I will undertake verifying this experiment myself, and will report my findings.