Janice Kaplan
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Of course, and there are many ways that we actually can distract ourselves from pain. There's research that shows that playing music makes you feel better. By touching somebody else, a physical response that way can distract you from pain. So there are lots of different ways to talk about pain and to think about it.
There are huge differences also between chronic pain and between an immediate pain. If you break your leg, that's an immediate pain that needs to be taken care of. So many people suffer from chronic pain, from back pain. from knee pain that just goes on and on for months with no obvious cause.
There are huge differences also between chronic pain and between an immediate pain. If you break your leg, that's an immediate pain that needs to be taken care of. So many people suffer from chronic pain, from back pain. from knee pain that just goes on and on for months with no obvious cause.
There are huge differences also between chronic pain and between an immediate pain. If you break your leg, that's an immediate pain that needs to be taken care of. So many people suffer from chronic pain, from back pain. from knee pain that just goes on and on for months with no obvious cause.
And it's starting to seem that a lot of that pain can actually be relieved rather than at the site of where it's occurring, but in our brains. You can think of the pain circuit as being like those old electric circuits that you used to set up as a kid, you know, where you'd connect everything and try to make the light bulb go off.
And it's starting to seem that a lot of that pain can actually be relieved rather than at the site of where it's occurring, but in our brains. You can think of the pain circuit as being like those old electric circuits that you used to set up as a kid, you know, where you'd connect everything and try to make the light bulb go off.
And it's starting to seem that a lot of that pain can actually be relieved rather than at the site of where it's occurring, but in our brains. You can think of the pain circuit as being like those old electric circuits that you used to set up as a kid, you know, where you'd connect everything and try to make the light bulb go off.
And any place where you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb, you were trying to make the light bulb go on, excuse me. Any place you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb go off. And it's the same thing with the pain. Any place in that pain circuit, which of course runs through the brain where we can disrupt the circuit, we might be able to stop the pain.
And any place where you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb, you were trying to make the light bulb go on, excuse me. Any place you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb go off. And it's the same thing with the pain. Any place in that pain circuit, which of course runs through the brain where we can disrupt the circuit, we might be able to stop the pain.
And any place where you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb, you were trying to make the light bulb go on, excuse me. Any place you disconnected the circuit would make the light bulb go off. And it's the same thing with the pain. Any place in that pain circuit, which of course runs through the brain where we can disrupt the circuit, we might be able to stop the pain.
And more and more of the pain researchers who I spoke to, in fact, all of the researchers, pain researchers I spoke to, are focusing on the brain as the place to stop chronic pain rather than the specific site of where you think the pain is occurring.
And more and more of the pain researchers who I spoke to, in fact, all of the researchers, pain researchers I spoke to, are focusing on the brain as the place to stop chronic pain rather than the specific site of where you think the pain is occurring.
And more and more of the pain researchers who I spoke to, in fact, all of the researchers, pain researchers I spoke to, are focusing on the brain as the place to stop chronic pain rather than the specific site of where you think the pain is occurring.
I loved learning about food and what makes us think something tastes good. Have you ever gone on a vacation and had maybe a glass of wine while you're sitting in Paris or sitting in the south of France and you go, this is the most amazing wine I've ever tasted. And then you come home and you go to your local store and you manage to find the same wine.
I loved learning about food and what makes us think something tastes good. Have you ever gone on a vacation and had maybe a glass of wine while you're sitting in Paris or sitting in the south of France and you go, this is the most amazing wine I've ever tasted. And then you come home and you go to your local store and you manage to find the same wine.
I loved learning about food and what makes us think something tastes good. Have you ever gone on a vacation and had maybe a glass of wine while you're sitting in Paris or sitting in the south of France and you go, this is the most amazing wine I've ever tasted. And then you come home and you go to your local store and you manage to find the same wine.
You bring it home and it just doesn't taste the same. And is it true that wine tastes better in Paris? Well, absolutely. And that's because when you're in Paris, you're not just drinking the wine. You're drinking in the atmosphere. You're drinking in the most romantic city in the world. You're drinking in the sense of being in this charming little cafe. We actually taste with all of our senses.
You bring it home and it just doesn't taste the same. And is it true that wine tastes better in Paris? Well, absolutely. And that's because when you're in Paris, you're not just drinking the wine. You're drinking in the atmosphere. You're drinking in the most romantic city in the world. You're drinking in the sense of being in this charming little cafe. We actually taste with all of our senses.
You bring it home and it just doesn't taste the same. And is it true that wine tastes better in Paris? Well, absolutely. And that's because when you're in Paris, you're not just drinking the wine. You're drinking in the atmosphere. You're drinking in the most romantic city in the world. You're drinking in the sense of being in this charming little cafe. We actually taste with all of our senses.
There's been some really interesting research showing that you can influence how people feel about a food or what they're drinking by changing the environment where they are. one researcher gave people glasses of whiskey and he sent them to three different rooms that he had set up with dramatically different environments. And he had them describe the whiskey in each room.