到底有多痛_一探大脑便可知!.docVIP

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PAGE PAGE 1 到底有多痛_一探大脑便可知!   Rightnow,whensomeoneisinpain,theirdoctorhasnowaytoknowhowbaditisexcepttoaskthemquestions.Like,howitranksona1)scaleofonetoten.AndTorWageroftheUniversityofColoradosays,that’softennotgoodenough.   TorWager:Weallhavetrouble2)communicatingourpainandotherfeelingsunderdifferent3)circumstances.   Manypeoplejusthaveahardtimefindingtherightwords.Some4)exaggeratehowbaditis.Othersaretoo5)stoic—they6)downplaytheirpain.Andsomearesimplyphysically7)incapableofexplainingwhatthey’refeelingatall.   Wager:Childrenandadultswhocan’tfullyreportpain8)accuratelyareparticularly9)vulnerable.   目前,在病人感觉到痛的时候,除了直接询问本人的感受,医生并没有其他办法了解情况有多糟糕。比如说,从一到十,疼痛的程度是第几级。(美国)科罗拉多大学的托尔?韦杰表示,这种做法往往不够好。   托尔?韦杰:我们很难在各种不同情况下清楚地表述自己的痛感和其他感受。   很多人总是很难找到合适的词汇描述痛感。有些人会夸大痛感,另外一些人则太有忍耐力——他们提及痛楚时只会轻描淡写。还有一些人从生理上根本无法说清楚自己的感受。   韦杰:小孩子以及不能准确描述病痛的成年人特别容易出问题。   Thatincludespeoplewho,say,suffereda10)strokeorareverysick.So,Wagerandhis11)colleaguesdecidedtoseeiftheycouldmeasurepain12)objectivelyusingbrainscans.Inaseriesofexperimentsinvolving114adults,theresearchersmeasuredbrainactivityasthey13)administeredpainwithaspecial14)device.   Wager:It’sacomputer-controlled15)hotplatethatgoesonaperson’sarmoranotherpartofthebody.Anditcanproduceasafe,very16)reliablesourceofpainful17)inputtothebrain.   Thefirstquestionwaswhetherbrainscanscouldtellhowmuchpainthehotplatewascausing.InapaperbeingpublishedinTheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine,Wagerandhiscolleaguesreportwhattheyfound.   Wager:Wecanmeasure,fairlyaccurately,howmuchpainapersonisexperiencing.Itisbetween90and100percentaccurate.   Buttheresearcherswantedtofindoutifthescanscoulddosomethingevenharder:Tellthedifferencebetweenphysicalandemotionalpain.   Wager:Whenpeopleexperiencesocialpain—especiallypainthat’s18)elicitedbyarecentbreak-upandpeoplefeel19)rejectedinlove—thatproducesabrain20)patternthatlooks21)remarkablysimilartothepatternelicitedbyphysicalpain.   那当中包括中风病人或重病患者。因此,韦杰及其同事决定看看他们能否利用脑部扫描客观地测出疼痛程度。在一系列针对114名成年人进行的实验中,研究者使用特殊装置人为地控制试验对象的痛楚,同时测量他们的脑部活

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