Pain threshold (IMAGE)

Aalborg University

Pain threshold

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Both before and after the experiment, the researchers measured the nervous systems response to pain , and the results were unmistakable: Even short-term disturbances in sleep affected both body and mind.

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Photo: Emil Kragborg Eriksen

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