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The text is a transcript of a video about different types of touch sensations, such as illusions, sympathy pain, tickling, and hugging. The video shows experiments and interviews with people who have unusual experiences with touch, such as not feeling pain or feeling pain from fake stimuli. The video explores how the brain and the body interact to create touch sensations, and how anticipation and expectation can affect them. The video also highlights the benefits of positive touch, such as hugging, for health and well-being.
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1. The thermal grill illusion is a physical illusion that can cause a sensation of pain.
2. The thermal grill illusion can be created by alternating warm and cool temperatures on the skin.
3. The brain can be tricked into feeling pain even if there is no actual damage or physical sensation.
4. The nocebo effect is a phenomenon where the expectation of pain can cause actual pain.
5. The nocebo effect can be caused by suggestion, expectation, and psychological factors.
6. The anticipation of pain can be worse than the pain itself.
7. The CIA and Guantanamo Bay have used psychological torture involving the anticipation of pain.
8. Research has shown that the psychological effects of dread can be worse than the pain itself.
9. A study found that 70% of subjects opted to receive more painful shocks right away rather than suffer through the mental torture of anticipation.
10. Hugging can decrease the risk of catching the common cold, lower blood pressure, and release oxytocin, the bonding hormone.