Personality, Anxiety, and Individual Variation in Psychophysiological Habituation and Sensitization to Painful Stimuli
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Pain perception involves a complex, dynamic process. Research over the past several decades has indicated numerous factors that influence the modulation of pain perception in humans. Research also suggests that pain perception presents an intricate balance between a warning sign to protect the biological integrity of an organism and an adaptive process not to overtax the system. One such example is how our response to pain changes over time.
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