HLSC 2P49 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Biofeedback, Hypnosis, Electrodermal Activity

• School: Brock University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HLSC 2P49
• Professor: Tony Bogaert

Document Summary

No (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause : pain serves a vital function (tells us something is wrong, sign of (or threat of) injury, signals us to take protective action. E. g. , people with no pain: congenital insensitivity to pain, only feel itching/tingling with severe injury, died at the age of 29. Pain: subjective discomfort, usually with tissue damage (cid:374)ot just physical, subjective/psychological is important too. E. g. , beecher (1956) noted similar injuries seem to evoke different pain experiences: war injuries/surgeries, 32% of the soldiers required/asked for pain medication, 83% of civilians with similar injuries/surgeries required/asked for pain medication. Injuries meant different things for soldiers (pain less severe) compared to the civilians: soldiers injuries meant end of war (get to go home), end of trauma. It"s the (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t reaso(cid:374) (cid:449)hy people seek health (cid:272)are. Common health experience (so important to understand) E. g. , phantom limb pain (feel pain where the limb used to be if amputated limb)