Specificity Theory Of Pain Analysis
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The specificity theory of pain is one of the oldest theories of pain that explains how “specific pain receptors transmit signals to a "pain center" in the brain that produces the perception of pain” (University of Calgary, n.d., para. 2). Even though this theory of pain explains a lot about the biological responses to pain, it can take little account of how psychological factors affect our perception pain (University of Calgary, n.d., para. 2). For example, a person who has a major wound from abuse could report little pain because this type of environment is normal for that person and therefore they became used to the pain. On the other hand, the gate control theory of pain looks at the “brain influences on pain perception as well as the effects