In the first of three articles on pain the nature of pain is seen to be complex and, in many respects, poorly understood.
Wouldn’t it be great if we couldn’t feel pain?
Well, no it wouldn’t. Our ability to perceive pain has evolved as a sophisticated response to our environment. Pain warns us that physiological damage is [...]
The Nature of Pain
February 8th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: · headaches, inability to feel pain, phantom pains, physiological damage