Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neocortex, Chloroform, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Pain: serious and prevalent health problem, costs add up to billion/year in canada (time loss at work and drugs, most common medical complaint. Symptom that is most likely to send people to seek treatment. Also the thing people fear the most about treatment: pain comes in many different forms (from flickering to torture, most puzzling phenomenon. Puzzling phenomenon of pain: would without pain, consider case of miss c. Nothing was abnormal but she couldn"t experience pain congenital pain insensitivity. Caused many problems: bit off a bit of her tongue, received third degree burns by leaning on the radiator. In the lab she felt no pain when she was subjected to strong electrical shock, felt no pain when asked to put her hand in extremely hot or cold water. When she was exposed to painful stimuli showed no physiological responses: blood pressure, respiration or heart rate. Never turned over when sleeping, never shifted weight when sitting or standing.