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  2. Pain empathy - Wikipedia

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    Sensorimotor contagion takes place when corticospinal excitability reduces due to observing another person experiencing pain. A study by Avenanti on pain empathy in racial bias showed that when a person sees a needle being poked into the hand of another person, there is a reduced motor evoked potential in the muscle of the observer's hand. [14]

  3. What Is Chronic Pain? Here Are the Symptoms, Causes, and ...

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    No matter the source, common signs and symptoms that someone is in pain include: Frowning or grimacing. ... The most common causes of pain are tension, stress, overuse, and minor injuries. Pain ...

  4. Psychogenic pain - Wikipedia

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    Psychogenic pain is physical pain that is caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors, without evidence of physical injury or illness. [2] [3] [4] Headache, back pain, or stomach pain are some of the most common types of psychogenic pain. [5]

  5. Mirror-touch synesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Mirror-touch synesthesia is a rare condition which causes individuals to experience a similar sensation in the same part or opposite part of the body (such as touch) that another person feels. For example, if someone with this condition were to observe someone touching their cheek, they would feel the same sensation on their own cheek.

  6. Pain - Wikipedia

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    Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage."

  7. Pain psychology - Wikipedia

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    Pain psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in chronic pain. Pain psychology involves the implementation of treatments for chronic pain. Pain psychology can also be regarded as a branch of medical psychology, as many conditions associated with chronic pain have significant medical outcomes.

  8. Pain tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Pain tolerance is the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate. Pain tolerance is distinct from pain threshold (the point at which pain begins to be felt). [1] The perception of pain that goes in to pain tolerance has two major components. First is the biological component—the headache or skin prickling that activates pain ...

  9. Pain disorder - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, pain levels can vary depending on circumstances, and can often be moderated to some extent by activity and mood. For example, pain symptoms may become more intense when focused on, and less intense when the person is engaged in enjoyable activities. [5] The same can be said about excessive worry.