What Is Pain? | Diving Into The Complex Field Of Pain Research
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Pain is a complicated and subjective experience that varies greatly from person to person. Arguably one of the most significant human health problems, pain is a signal from your nervous system indicating something isn't right – and as we all know, it is a deeply unpleasant feeling.
In this episode, we sit down with Jeffrey Mogil, the E. P. Taylor Chair in Pain Studies at McGill University's Department of Psychology. As someone who has always been fascinated by the science of pain, Jeffrey focuses his research on the nervous system mechanisms that mediate the perception and inhibition of pain.
What fascinating discoveries has Jeffrey made in the field of pain science? Jump in now to find out…
In this conversation, we cover:
- Statistics related to chronic pain.
- The main reasons why people have chronic pain.
- How to characterize different types of pain.
- The scales that researchers use to quantify pain.
- How various pain drugs work.
To learn more about Jeffrey and his research, click here!
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| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.4 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast, now part of the Finders. James. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast, now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. |
| 0:42.8 | I guess today is Jeffrey Mogul. |
| 0:44.8 | He's the EP Taylor Chair in Pain Studies at McGillig University. |
| 0:49.8 | So we had talked about hypervigilance and the underlying mechanisms and genetics of pain. |
| 0:54.6 | So, Jeff, thank you for coming. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh, my pleasure. |
| 0:57.2 | Nice to be here. Yeah, what's, uh, we got you interested in studying pain? It's kind of a funny thing that, you know, someone can make fun of. It's like, oh, you like pain, don't you? You know, you study it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Whenever I tell people that I, you know, I was an editor at the journal Payne, they all immediately think of one thing and find it hilarious. |
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