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Why does it hurt when you get a scrape? A neuroscientist explains the science of pain

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Neuroscientist: Pain is a highly personal experience influenced by a variety of biological, psychological and social factors.

Pain is like a warning signal from your body telling you when something is wrong so that you can stop doing it and avoid getting hurt more.

Not everyone experiences pain the same way; some people have a genetic mutation that changes the way their nociceptors function.

It was written by: Yenisel Cruz-Almeida , University of Florida Read more: Yenisel Cruz-Almeida receives funding from the National Institutes of Health . She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Pain and serves as Treasurer on the US Association for the Study of Pain ..

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