The Effect of Uncertainty on Pain

Kristen: I think a lot of us can relate to what Kristen was talking about. There's actually a cool study about uncertainty where the scientists had people play a video game. And sometimes during the video game, was it Donkey Kong? Sadly, it was not the latter as the barrel going to go down. Good point. Well, it's even better than Donkey Kong because while playing it, the participants got electric shocks and sometimes they knew they were like the worst video game ever. The reason why uncertainty could have such a big impact on your pain is because pain is a danger signal. It's your brain's way of warning you. When you're overwhelmed with uncertainty, you don't