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The text is a transcript of a video about different aspects of touch and pain, such as illusions, anticipation, tickling, and insensitivity. The video features experiments and interviews with people who experience or demonstrate these phenomena. The video also explains the science behind the effects of touch and pain on the brain and the body, and the benefits of hugging.
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1. The thermal grill illusion is a physical illusion that can cause a sensation of pain when alternating warm and cool stimuli are applied to the skin.
2. Sympathy pain or synesthetic pain is a type of pain that is sparked by seeing someone else get hurt, especially in amputees who have phantom pain.
3. The nocebo effect is a negative effect caused by nothing but the mind, such as feeling pain when there is none due to the expectation or suggestion of pain.
4. The tickle machine is a device that can make people feel tickled by themselves by introducing a delay between their movement and the stimulation of their feet.
5. Congenital insensitivity to pain is a rare genetic condition that prevents people from feeling pain, but also exposes them to many dangers and injuries.
6. The anticipation of pain can be worse than the pain itself, as shown by an experiment where most subjects preferred to receive more painful shocks right away rather than wait for less painful ones.