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Hydrocephalus Association Brain Awareness Week...BRAINteaser

How does your brain respond to pain? - Karen D. Davis ...TED Ed Lessons

 

 




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.

Watch the Video here:http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-your-brain-respond-to-pain-karen-d-davis

'Ouch zone' in the brain identified.... (PAIN)

Activity in brain area linked to brain intensity

Activity in the dorsal posterior insula area of the brain is directly related to the intensity of pain, a brain imaging study of 17 people has found.

Researchers at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain used a new brain imaging technique to look at people experiencing pain over many hours. Activity in only one brain area, the dorsal posterior insula, reflected the participants' ratings of how much the pain hurt.

These results, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could help detect pain in people with limited communication abilities, such as those in a coma, small children and dementia patients.

- See more at: http://www.neuroscientistnews.com/research-news/ouch-zone-brain-identified#sthash.lpGmMSt7.dpuf