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The sensory aspects of pain are
what people normally refer to when they talk of pain, namely that it is a personal,
private sensation that is experienced as unpleasant or highly noxious to the person
experiencing it. When someone says �I am in pain�, or �It hurts�, it is often this
sensory element that is referred to. This sensation is interpreted cognitively as
reflecting harm to the person, who also responds, possibly simultaneously with emotional/
motivational activation and some patterns of behavioural response. The purpose of this
seems to be to signal damage and protect from further harm. |
