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.
Can you think of some examples of pain without injury? What about injury without pain? For each of these examples, what stands out to you about them?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Joshua W. Pate
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Animator Nemanja Petrovic
- Sound Designer Nemanja Petrovic
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
