The Power of Expectations

Congenital insensitivity to pain

He feels everything else but doesn't feel pain

He chewed part of his tongue off

<p>Having internal damage that he doesn't know about until it's too late</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Couvade syndrome is when a pregnant woman's husband experiences symptoms similar to those of pregnancy, such as weight gain, insomnia, nausea, and mood swings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sympathy pain is also known as synesthetic pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Phantom pain is when amputees feel pain in the limb that is no longer there.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nocebo effect is when the expectation of experiencing something unpleasant, like pain, leads to the actual perception of pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The two options were to either anticipate the lower level of pain or to take the more painful shocks right away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The subject who chose to anticipate the lower level of pain had to endure an hour-long ordeal of shocks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The subject who chose to take the more painful shocks right away had a quicker experience, but with more intense pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A majority of subjects chose to receive the more painful shocks right away to avoid the mental torture of anticipation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The thermal grill illusion is a physical illusion that can cause a sensation of pain when warm and cool stimuli are alternated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The thermal grill illusion suggests that our sensors for hot and cold may also be specific to extreme pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When the sensors for hot and cold are both firing simultaneously, the body interprets it as a signal to get away, causing a sensation of pain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The reason why the thermal grill illusion causes pain is still being debated, but it may be due to the simultaneous activation of sensors for hot and cold, which triggers a pain response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose of the tickle machine is to study the element of surprise in tickling and how the brain responds to it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nocebo effect is a negative effect caused by the mind, where a person experiences symptoms or sensations even though there is no physical cause for them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main finding of the pain anticipation investigation is that the power of suggestion can cause individuals to experience intense sensations of pain, even when there is no physical stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The subject in the pain anticipation investigation continues to feel a burning sensation on her arms, even after learning that the sensations were not real.</p> Signup and view all the answers