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<p>Professor PD Wall presents a fascinating account of how the human body responds to pain. He begins his lecture by pointing out the most simple and obvious understanding of pain, exemplified by a diagram from Descartes, 300 years ago. Then, utilising a very simple model of this diagram, Wall starts from the basic assumption of a simplified pain system and gradually adds features which show the multi-layered complexity of a theory of pain. 6 segments.</p>

Theories of pain.

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