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Experience of pain relies on multiple brain pathways, not just one
January 12, 2015 by NewsBot
People's mindsets can affect their experience of pain. For example, a soldier in battle or an athlete in competition may report that an injury did not feel especially painful in the heat of the moment. But until now it has been unclear how this phenomenon works in the brain.