The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate
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In 1995, the British Medical Journal published a report about a builder who accidentally jumped onto a nail, which pierced straight through his steel-toed boot. He was in such agonizing pain that any movement was unbearable. But when the doctors took off his boot, they discovered that the nail had never touched his foot at all. What’s going on? Joshua W. Pate investigates the experience of pain.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Joshua W. Pate
- Director
- Igor Coric
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Animator
- Nemanja Petrovic
- Sound Designer
- Nemanja Petrovic
