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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2017 · 45 MIN

What a Pain in the Brain! (Neuroscientist Tor Wager, PhD)

from Like Mind, Like Body · host Laura interviews neuroscientist Dr. Tor Wager

"What does it matter what we think?" That's the question Dr. Tor Wager has spent years in the research lab trying to answer. Now, as Director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at CU Boulder, he uses brain imaging studies to understand the neural connection between our thoughts, feelings, and physical pain. Join us as he breaks down the placebo effect, explains the neuroscience of chronic pain, and shares stories of just how powerful the mindbody connection is.

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