Editor’s Selections: Pain long after the surgery is over
September 29th, 2009 Editor's Selections No Comments
Dave Munger selects several notable posts each week from psychology and neuroscience. He blogs at Cognitive Daily and has a weekly column on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM.
- Who feels pain after surgery…LONG after surgery? As many as 50 percent of patients report pain long after surgery. Healthskills examines a paper exploring some of the reasons why.
- Speaking of pain, how do you study whether overweight people feel “less full” than average-weight people? Have them swallow a condom and inflate it in their stomachs. Eew! Scicurious examines the science.
- Kids know Batman doesn’t play with Spongebob, but do they keep the imaginary worlds they make up for games separate? The BPS Research Digest discusses.
- Finally, James Winters offers an exceptionally thorough explanation of the function of Broca’s area in the brain: Part 1, Part 2. Read, learn, then add a comment suggesting which brain region you’d like him to discuss next. My vote: the Insula.
