# How to hack your brain when you're in pain

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2023
- Speaker: Amy Baxter
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_baxter_how_to_hack_your_brain_when_you_re_in_pain)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Have we misunderstood pain? Researcher and physician Amy Baxter unravels the symphony of connections that send pain from your body to your brain, explaining practical neuroscience hacks to quickly block those signals. Her groundbreaking research offers alternatives for immediate pain relief -- without the need for addictive opioids. (Followed by a Q&A with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers)

## Lectures

1. [How to hack your brain when you're in pain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/amy_baxter_how_to_hack_your_brain_when_you_re_in_pain/cd89052e5c06), 17 min (TED's player)