Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will experience at some point in their life. But why is that? I am a neuroscientist, and my job is to research why and how people feel pain ...

We all know stress can worsen pain, but new research shows that anger and a sense of injustice may be even more powerful ...

Something hit me the other day while writing, kind of like a quiet little truth I’d been avoiding: If you block pain, you also block love I know — sounds strange at first. I mean, pain and love — they ...

Why is there such a block to experiencing deep emotions? It lies in our evolution. Being physically vulnerable is not rewarded in nature. It really is survival of the fittest and being vulnerable is ...

Anna M. Zamorano has received funding from The Lundbeck Foundation and from the Danish National Research Foundation through the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP). After years of working with ...

Fish often avoid intense stimuli, but scientists and animal welfare groups have long debated whether fish can feel pain. So is there an answer? Animal rights organization PETA claims on its website ...

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Yenisel Cruz-Almeida receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Pain and serves as Treasurer on the US Association for the Study of Pain.