Edition 6
Amanda C. de C. Williams talks to three people who have used their own pain to ease that of others
Christopher Eccleston explains how psychology is working to help people disabled by pain
Pain functions primarily as an alarm, working to interrupt all other concerns, goals, desires and motivations, and impose a new priority of escaping pain or its causes. For most people in most...
Christian Jarrett examines the psychology of pain perception
Headache, stubbed-toe, injection, broken bone – most of us have suffered pain in one form or another, but our experience of that pain will have varied wildly. In the lab, the same level of...
building a happier society; a negative side of positive psychology; the Academy meets academia; and more
Centre for the Study of Animal Well Being, Washington State University; includes online-only extras