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  • 6/3/2024

ZDF Terra Xplore: TV program with Prof. Markus Ploner

How individual is pain?

"Pain – what it tells you about yourself" is the title of a recent episode of the science magazine Terra Xplore (ZDF, 27 min., in German). In the report, Markus Ploner, Professor of Human Pain Research, explains how pain is processed in the brain and why we feel it differently.

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