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Thrill seekers experience stronger placebo effects

nesf · 2009-04-15 17:02:43

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16947 I found this interesting.

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16947

I found this interesting.

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#2 16-04-2009 10:59am

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Interesting stuff. Pain is a perception as well as a sensation. Depression causes increased pain perception - but its a case of chicken and egg though - if you have chronic pain, this can make you depressed. Once depressed, pain is perceived as worse.

Hence some people can ignore pain and others suffer - further research is needed and further neurobiology.

Interesting though

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#3 16-04-2009 11:21am

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I saw that article too, very interesting. It needs a bit more work though, paper seems a bit limited.

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