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Full Idea
Scans show there is no such thing as a pain centre; pain springs mainly from the activation of areas associated with attention and emotion.
Gist of Idea
Pain doesn't have one brain location, but is linked to attention and emotion
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p. 12)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.12
A Reaction
Most brain research points to the complex multi-layered nature of experiences that were traditionally considered simple. We can be distracted from a pain, and an enormous number of factors can affect our degree of dislike of a given pain.