It HURTS! Pain and the Brain part 1

About this episode

This episode explores the complex relationship between pain and the brain, including how pain signals travel and the variability of pain perception among individuals.

Pain is strange: we feel it in the body, but the brain plays a central role in creating the experience. In part one of this series, we explore how pain signals travel, why reflexes can happen before conscious awareness, why chronic pain can persist, and why two people with similar injuries may feel pain differently. This episode is educational only and does not provide medical advice. Reading list: Available on request.

People in this episode

Host: fairleycarmen9

Topics covered

• pain
• brain
• chronic pain
• reflexes
• injury
• neuroscience

Keywords

• pain
• brain
• chronic pain
• reflexes
• neuroscience
• pain perception
• injury

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Organizations: Science Savvy

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