Why It Hurts More When He Means to Hit Youhttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2008/11/25/why-it-hurts-more-when-he-means-to-hit-you.aspxA certain spouse of our acquaintance has what we can only assume are religious objections to walking over to a wastepaper basket and dropping in his used Kleenex, crumpled envelope or other trash. Instead, he shoots what amount to living-room foul shots—occasionallyenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)re: Why It Hurts More When He Means to Hit Youhttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2008/11/25/why-it-hurts-more-when-he-means-to-hit-you.aspx#816987Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:07:32 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:816987OCguy<p>Perhaps the subjects under-reported their pain due to a social concern for the clumsy research assistant? &nbsp;If so, the experiment is not measuring their perception of pain, but rather their willingness to report it.</p> Blog: Lab Notesre: Why It Hurts More When He Means to Hit Youhttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2008/11/25/why-it-hurts-more-when-he-means-to-hit-you.aspx#817074Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:27:18 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:817074apoorperson<p>I think the reason intentional pain hurts more is simply because someone who really wants to hurt another person will throw the paper harder or stomp on the toe harder. </p> Blog: Lab Notes