Why the Rich Are so Cold

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2009/09/18/why-the-rich-are-so-cold/

This was a series of studies which was published in Psychological science. This study reveled that money indeed has power and can influence the amount of emotions a person feels. The more money the less emotional and physical pain a person feels. To prove this researchers tested subjects, allowing one group to count and stack of $100 bills, and another to counted a stack of black paper, afterwards immersing their hands into 109 degrees hot water, those who counted the money experienced less pain as opposed to the group which counted the black paper. In another research a group of students counted a stack of $100 and played computer game which they tossed a ball with other players. A few of the players were excluded from the game. Those who handled the money was not a distressed about been excluded from the game, those who handled the paper esteemed themselves lower than the others. Because money is associated to power and control it can influence responses to pain, physically and emotionally.