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Keeping an eye on pain

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A study has revealed that, contrary to many people's compulsion to look away during a painful event such as an injection, looking at your body reduces the pain experienced. Professor in Neuroscience at John Moores University, Francis McGlone, sheds light on how the brain processes pain.


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