Sentences with phrase «heat pain stimuli»

The authors reported that the pain, warmth detection, and heat pain stimuli likely activate nerve fibers more relevant to sexual pleasure than touch thresholds, which has been the focus of previous research.

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QST uses brief computer - applied painful stimuli as well as sophisticated manually - applied pain sensitivity testing (such as heat, cold, pressure and pinprick) to assess how the nervous system responds to painful stimuli.

During the second go - round, when the participants were instructed to meditate, they rated the exact same pain stimulus — a 120 - degree heat on their calves — as being 57 % less unpleasant and 40 % less intense, on average.