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How does your brain respond to pain?

Karen D. Davis · TED

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About

Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway? Karen D. Davis walks you through your brain on pain, illuminating why the "pain experience" differs from person to person. [Directed by Brett Underhill, narrated by Addison Anderson].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Karen D. Davis
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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