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Penn on crazy | noijam

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August 11, 2015. A recent episode of the always-good Penn’s Sunday School podcast. Was a recording of a speech given by Penn back in April – you can listen to the whole thing (episode 176) here. Penn’s speech covered a range of topics – politics, show business, art, creativity, science, religion and atheism. There’s a wonderful section of the speech on passion, science, crazy, and the “collision between the intellectual and the visceral” starting around the 23 minute mark:. 8211; Tim Cocks. Share on Face...

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Arthritis Victoria Koadlow Public Lecture 2015 | noijam

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Arthritis Victoria Koadlow Public Lecture 2015. August 6, 2015. David Butler was invited by Arthritis Victoria. To give the 2015 Koadlow Public Lecture. The evening was a smashing success with the venue at capacity and all seats reserved weeks before the event. David discussed the problem of pain and introduced the crowd to DIMs, SIMs and The Protectometer, the ‘on-alert zone’, the importance and therapeutic value of metaphor, and the classic “Drug Cabinet in the Brain” story. 8211; Tim Cocks. The older ...

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Building a simple curriculum | noijam

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Building a simple curriculum. July 31, 2015. 8220;What do you mean ‘nerve’, it’s a muscle…mate”. The notion of curriculum has become central to nearly everything we do with Explain Pain – in our courses, as we collaborate with researchers, and as we look towards our next publications and products. Creating a curriculum is what separates correctly done Explain Pain from the ad-hoc ‘education’ that. The need for a curriculum. Make a plan, but keep thinking and reasoning. Depending on the individual, I&#821...

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Colour me SIM | noijam

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July 16, 2015. From The New Yorker. Why Adults Are Buying Coloring Books (for Themselves). Looking back, this is a story of finding really powerful SIMs, changing DIMs into SIMs, and grading exposure. Not just grading exposure to activity, but grading exposure to creative output – an output that had been thought “lost”, but just needed some gentle coaxing and a safe place to start. Looking back again, I wish I’d been clever enough to think of this idea myself! 8211; Tim Cocks. Science and the World.

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Males are from BDNF, females are from… | noijam

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Males are from BDNF, females are from…. July 7, 2015. Reported in Nature Neuroscience last week. Sex divide seen in mechanism that produces persistent pain. 8220;Research showing that male and female mice regulate pain sensitivity differently raises questions about gender balance in experimental design. So that even light touch hurts. This confirmed that in males, hypersensitivity to pain depends on BDNF signals from microglia, but that in females it is mediated by some other mechanism. The search for th...

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All alone in the moonlight | noijam

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All alone in the moonlight. July 7, 2015. The New York Times piece from last month on memory and pain:. Forgetting the Pain of Exercise. 8220;Completing a marathon can be exhilarating but also agonizing. Thighs cramp. Backs ache. Toes bleed. Stomachs churn. Afterward, leg muscles can become so sore and tight that finishers must ease themselves backward down stairs and request assistance to rise from the toilet. The author links to research. 8220;Polish researchers polled women who had just undergone gyne...

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Clinically daft? Rebooted | noijam

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July 7, 2015. A previous post discussing placebo and placebo effects. Generated a bit of interest and some discussion. One of the key players in the literature referenced was Professor Ted Kaptchuk. Professor Kaptchuk has recently published a perspective piece titled Placebo Effects in Medicine. In The New England Journal of Medicine. It’s open access and definitely worth a read. A few highlights:. 8220;Placebo effects are often considered unworthy and illegitimate. They are thought to be unscientifi...

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Self matters | noijam

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July 31, 2015. Our good friend EG likes to make us think, challenge ideas (old and new), look at things from different perspectives, and doesn’t mind ruffling some feathers (even ours) along the way – we love it! We’ve been having a bit of a chat recently about the ‘pain formula’ that appears in The Explain Pain Handbook:. And EG has written another great guest post with some thoughts:. Can the following statement 1 stay true in face of the scenarios 2 and 3 that follow it? 8220;We will experience pain w...