How your brain can control your pain

The video explores the challenges of rock climbing, focusing on pain management. It highlights the role of the brain in creating and controlling pain, with insights from Dr. Tor Wager. An experiment using brain scans demonstrates how acceptance training, a meditation technique, can significantly reduce pain perception. The video concludes with the potential of this technique to help chronic pain sufferers.

What is a common challenge faced by rock climbers according to the introduction?

• Dealing with pain

• Finding the right equipment

• Weather conditions

• Navigating the route

What does Dr. Tor Wager suggest about the origin of pain?

• Pain is an emotional response

• Pain is a result of external injuries

• Pain is created in the brain

• Pain is purely physical

How does the narrator's subjective pain rating compare to the objective measure during the fMRI test?

• Both are the same

• Objective measure is lower

• Subjective rating is higher

• Objective measure is higher

What is the main focus of acceptance training?

• Ignoring the pain

• Using medication to manage pain

• Changing thoughts about pain

• Increasing physical endurance

How can mood affect pain perception according to the narrator?

• Pain is the same regardless of mood

• Pain is less in a good mood

• Pain is worse in a good mood

• Mood has no effect on pain

What was the narrator's self-reported pain level after acceptance training?

• 0%

• 10%

• 5%

• 1%

What does the change in brain activity after acceptance training suggest?

• Pain is unaffected by thoughts

• Mental practices have no effect

• Pain is entirely physical

• Mental practices can reduce pain