# How does your brain respond to pain?

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_d_davis_how_does_your_brain_respond_to_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)

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. \[Directed by Brett Underhill, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [How does your brain respond to pain?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/karen_d_davis_how_does_your_brain_respond_to_pain/47b20db6f321), 5 min (TED's player)