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Touch

by Nigel Marven

TouchPainDocumentary television programsScience television programsEducational films

Calculates the different sensitivities of the body's most receptive parts; the density of touch sensors in skin explains why some parts of the body have a lower pain threshold, and demonstrates the brain's role in the experience of physical pain through experiments with electric shocks, painkillers, and hypnosis.

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Book data: Open Library