21.00 – 21.20 uur | Café
Is pain measurable?
The pain threshold is not the same for everyone and it can also change throughout our lives. There is also a lot of scientific evidence that the pain threshold differs between men and women. Yet measuring pain can also be difficult: how do we know that the level of pain I feel is the same as your level?
In their research at Radboudumc, Esmeralda Blaney Davidson and Hans Timmerman study the different ways we experience pain. In doing so, they ask themselves: how can we heighten our pain threshold? Can music help us do this? Esmeralda Blaney Davidson and Hans Timmerman will discuss this after a short lecture. Come and learn more about music, pain and healing.
This Soundbite is in Dutch.
About the speakers
Esmeralda Blaney Davidson is an associate professor at Radboudumc. Her research focuses on the interface between pain and our immune systems. She also looks at gender differences in the experience of pain. See also Esmeralda Blaney Davidson at De Universiteit van Nederland.