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Gate Control Theory of Pain Perception

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While we are awake our brain is constantly processing a continuous stream of sensory stimuli, including even more or less small injuries within the body and aversive social events, of which we are not aware and do not take the slightest notice. Yet we feel no pain. For example, the mechanism of suppressing sensory input can be clearly observed during strenuous sports or during wartime.

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  1. Psychological Institute, University of Tübingen, D 7400, Tübingen 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang Larbig

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA

    John G. Carlson

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    A. Ronald Seifert

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Larbig, W. (1991). Gate Control Theory of Pain Perception. In: Carlson, J.G., Seifert, A.R. (eds) International Perspectives on Self-Regulation and Health. The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2596-1_13

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