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Some people say they have a high pain threshold. Here’s why

by Joshua Pate and Tory Madden, The Conversation Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels We’ve all heard someone claim they have a “high pain threshold” as if it’s a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others? Pain is an experience shaped by our psychology...

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Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

If you keep looking, it doesn’t hurt so much Next time a nurse sticks a needle into your arm, don’t look away: it’ll be less painful. A new study shows that we feel less pain when we are looking at our body – and that this effect works with virtual reality too. In 2009, Patrick Haggard...