One of the reasons I posted the link about the third arm is because it relates to the idea of pain perception. The conversation is beginning to turn toward the idea of phantom pain as well as psychosociocultural differences in pain perception and tolerance. The third arm article demonstrates how we can trick our brain into perceiving that we are being touched. So much so that some participants actually flinched when a sharp blade was brought toward the prosthetic third arm. One of my coworkers told me about a guy who had every inch of his penis tatooed like a snake (sorry if you're squeamish) and I thought it was the pinnacle of examples of differences in motivation, tolerance, personality factors, cultural factors, and whatever else influences one's ability to endure pain. Carol
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