Most people think about pain as a simple cause-and-effect process. For example, if you touch a hot stove, you probably assume that the nerves in the skin feel how hot the stove is and signals are sent ...

Gate control theory suggests that the spinal cord contains a neurological 'gate' that either blocks pain signals or allows them to continue on to the brain. Unlike an actual gate, which opens and ...

In een oude televisieserie van John Bradshaw legt de inspirator en kindermishandeling-expert een verband tussen de Gate control theory van Ronald Melzack en Patrick Wall en het hebben van emotionele ...