14 DAY TRIAL // Individuals who are ignored in conversations feel hurt regardless of whether they'd like to admit it or not. What's interesting for me here is that the same things appears to happen even if those who are ignored do not know the people they're engaging in a conversation with.
Therefore, the main conclusion of this new study is that being ignored, even by strangers at a party, for example, hurts. The main reason why this effect occurs, researchers at the Purdue University explain, is because those who are ignored feel disconnected from the rest of the group.
As we well know, human beings are social creatures that evolved to live in groups and cooperate with each other. As such, when one of them is not even taken into account during conversations and the decision-making process, they tend to feel really bad about it, even if they are of a more solitary nature.
“What we find so interesting about this is that now we can further speak to the power of human social connection. It seems to be a very strong phenomenon,” says Purdue University team member Eric D. Wesselmann, PhD, quoted by PsychCentral.