Recent genetic studies highlight how Neanderthal DNA contributes to the sensitivity experienced by modern humans, showcasing ...

Alcohol's ability to increase people's pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the less pain that study ...

Pain is not a simple sign of damage. New science shows it’s an overprotective alarm system and understanding that could ...

The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...

When I am down in the bowels of a software development project, I can easily spend 50 hours a week pounding at a keyboard. My wife tells me that when I am doing that, I wear a permanent look of ...

DNA study leads researchers to pin humanity’s low pain thresholds on Neanderthals. The team believes that, thousands of years ago, interbreeding caused the development of key traits that were then ...