A recent provocative research study has shown that the element of conscious expectation (and subconscious prediction) has a significant modulatory affect on the experience of pain. In this specific case the researchers focused on neck pain. This study has also helped to confirm the latest thinking on the multi-dimensional aspects of the origins of pain... (more)
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The human nervous system is a natural wonder. In fact there is not a day that goes by where I don't find myself amazed by all the processes that are continuously handled so deftly by this grand system. However, modern neuroscience has begun to show that the vigiliance of this system combined with it's self-maturing predictive system can make for an imperfect and imprecise entity at times... (more)