The researchers did not find neural evidence that credit card spending acts as an analgesic to reduce the 'pain of payment' at the moment of purchase, if pain is defined as a physical sensation and insula activity is treated as its neural marker.

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  Neural mechanisms of credit card spending | Scientific Reports

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