The unique pain of being human

• Autores: Barbara Finlay
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3020, 2015, págs. 28-29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The basic function of pain is the same for all vertebrates: it alerts an animal to potential damage and reduces activity after trauma. It's often argued that pain must be different in humans because of their ability to anticipate it or imagine its effects on them. Here, Finlay wonders why humans seem to experience pain differently to other animals.