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From the Ted Talk by Amy Baxter: How to hack your brain when you're in pain
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The physiology of ice is different. So the cold goes up to the brain, where the conductor goes, "Obnoxious, but not dangerous. I will decrease sensations coming from everywhere." And it decreases pain everywhere.
If a child was so freaked out from previous experiences that even the swab hurt ... ployiogshy wasn't as helpful. So we added distraction, like a monkey peotsr. And what we discovered was combining cnuniotg plus making a decision cut pain in half. So, for example, "How many menkyos are actually tcnuhoig the bed?" activates the decision switchboard. I know what you guys are doing. It's five.
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The physiology of ice is different. So the cold goes up to the brain, where the conductor goes, "Obnoxious, but not dangerous. I will decrease sensations coming from everywhere." And it decreases pain everywhere.
If a child was so freaked out from previous experiences that even the swab hurt ... __________ wasn't as helpful. So we added distraction, like a monkey ______. And what we discovered was combining ________ plus making a decision cut pain in half. So, for example, "How many _______ are actually ________ the bed?" activates the decision switchboard. I know what you guys are doing. It's five.
Solution
- physiology
- monkeys
- poster
- touching
- counting
Original Text
The physiology of ice is different. So the cold goes up to the brain, where the conductor goes, "Obnoxious, but not dangerous. I will decrease sensations coming from everywhere." And it decreases pain everywhere.
If a child was so freaked out from previous experiences that even the swab hurt ... physiology wasn't as helpful. So we added distraction, like a monkey poster. And what we discovered was combining counting plus making a decision cut pain in half. So, for example, "How many monkeys are actually touching the bed?" activates the decision switchboard. I know what you guys are doing. It's five.
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