News tagged with painful stimulus

Sorting out stroking sensations: Biologists find individual neurons in the skin that react to massage

The skin is a human being's largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a pinch or a burn. Previous studies have shown that these ...

Neuroscience Jan 30, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses

Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 18, 2013 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1 |

Crossing your arms relieves pain

(Medical Xpress) -- Crossing your arms reduces the intensity of pain you feel when receiving a painful stimulus on the hand, according to research by scientists at University College London.

Neuroscience May 20, 2011 | 5 / 5 (6) | 5 |

Extended sleep reduces pain sensitivity

A new study suggests that extending nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults increases daytime alertness and reduces pain sensitivity.

Health Dec 01, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Higher pain tolerance in athletes may hold clues for pain management

Stories of athletes bravely "playing through the pain" are relatively common and support the widespread belief that they experience pain differently than non-athletes. Yet, the scientific data on pain perception in athletes ...

Medical research May 17, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Study looks at effect of emotions on pain and itch intensity

(HealthDay) -- Emotions influence the experience of somatosensory sensations of both pain and itch, with negative emotions eliciting higher levels of itch and pain compared to positive emotions, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mar 16, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Testing pain killers on humans could save money and speed the arrival of new drugs

Deliberately inflicting carefully controlled painful stimuli on human volunteers and seeing how well specific drugs reduce the feeling of pain can be an effective way of testing new drugs. So conclude two researchers who ...

Medications Nov 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0