18.25 - 18.45 hrs| Zuiderkapel | Donderdag 11 September 2025
How do we know that the pain I feel is the same as your pain?
Your pain threshold is not the same as someone else's pain threshold. And if you annoyingly bump your knee against a table leg today, it may not feel as painful as the last time it happened. And there is also scientific evidence that the pain threshold differs between men and women. Esmeralda Blaney Davidson explores how we measure pain.
Join us and learn why there are so many differences in pain.
This talk is in English.
About the speaker
Esmeralda Blaney Davidson is an associate professor at Radboudumc. Her research focusses on the interface between pain and our immune systems. She also looks at gender differences in the experience of pain.
Infinity. Science Festival on and around the Stevens' Skywalk
This program is part of Infinity, Radboud University's science festival on, in and around the Steven's Church in downtown Nijmegen on Thursday, September 11 and Friday, September 12, 2025. Join us to a great height and be surprised.