The memory of pain can be embedded so deeply that simply using words associated with the experience can trigger it. Although the plasticity of the brain is astonishing, the vague sensation of memory can be, and often is, permanent.
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As the scientist and his team from the Dept. of Biological and Clinical Psychology could show in a study for the first time it is not only the painful memories and associations that set our pain memory on the alert. “Even verbal stimuli lead to reactions in certain areas of the brain,” claims Prof. Weiss. As soon as we hear words like “tormenting,” “gruelling” or “plaguing,” exactly those areas in the brain are being activated which process the corresponding pain.
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