A muscle spasm could mean more than pain in your back — it could also hurt your ears. Despite being the leading cause of ...

Chronic back pain changes brain responses, making everyday sounds feel more distressing than physical pressure.

Everyday sounds add to the torment of a person with chronic back pain, apparently because pain rewires how the brain responds ...

Chronic back pain appears to amplify everyday sensory experiences, including sound. Brain scans reveal altered activity in ...

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to ...

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...

The world's largest brain research prize awarded for groundbreaking discoveries on how we sense touch and pain ...

The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How exactly ...

Pain is easy to understand until it isn't. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is clear and the pain fades as you heal. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain. The study is based on a randomised ...

Pain is not simply “in your head”—and reducing it to a brain-first narrative risks both stigma and substandard care. Real pain often originates in the body, whether from a fractured bone, spinal ...

Left-handedness has always been something of a mystery. If you’re among the roughly 10 percent of the population that favors their left hand, you’ve probably heard all kinds of theories about your ...