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The silent treatment is a refusal to verbally communicate with another person. People who use the silent treatment may have trouble communicating pain. When the silent treatment becomes a pattern, it ...

Being ignored, specifically excluded, or ostracized can manifest as physical pain, according to a study. It found that the brain region which registers physical pain can also be involved in processing ...

If you’ve ever found yourself in a situation where you couldn’t get someone to talk to you, or even acknowledge you, you’ve experienced the silent treatment. You may even have given it yourself at ...

Modifying a program's executable code without the knowledge of the user. At startup, an application may query the Internet for an update and apply the change without prompting the user. For example, ...