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Brain & Chronic Pain, Frogs Play Dead, Avian Flu Gene Edit
Dec 6, 2023
The podcast discusses a brain-based treatment for chronic pain, the fascinating strategies used by female frogs to avoid undesirable mating, and a breakthrough study on genetically editing chickens to resist avian influenza virus infections.
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- Retraining the brain's perception of chronic pain can significantly reduce its intensity, with two-thirds of participants treated with pain reprocessing therapy reporting near pain-free experiences post-treatment.
- Female frogs use various mate avoidance strategies such as turning their bodies, emitting release calls, and playing dead to successfully avoid unwanted mating encounters, challenging the belief that they are defenseless.
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Retraining the Brain's Perception of Chronic Pain
Researchers from the University of Colorado found that retraining the brain's perception of chronic back pain can significantly reduce its intensity. Their study revealed that two thirds of participants treated with pain reprocessing therapy, which shifts beliefs about the source of pain, reported being nearly pain-free post-treatment. Turns out the mind plays a powerful role in how we experience pain.
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