Psychology / Unit 4 Psych 0447 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pain and Nociception
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The idea
Nociception is the detection of tissue-damaging stimuli; pain is the experience the brain constructs from that signal and its context.
In practice
An injured athlete feels little pain during competition and severe pain within minutes of stopping.
Where people slip
Pain is not a readout of damage. Signal and experience can diverge in both directions.
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