The Neurobiology Of Dread

A recent study has demonstrated that some people are more willing to take an immediate, more intense pain than have to wait longer for a milder one. The feeling developed during the wait for the impending discomfort that people are dreading is more closely related to pain than to fear or anxiety. Think about it next time you go to the dentist's and sit thoughtfully in the waiting room before getting 'tortured'...

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