Andrew Huberman· PhD
visceral pain, what you have are very diffuse what we refer to as receptive fields. Think about the last time you had a stomachache. It's not that you put your thumb right here. We said it kind of hurts like this.
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visceral pain, what you have are very diffuse what we refer to as receptive fields. Think about the last time you had a stomachache. It's not that you put your thumb right here. We said it kind of hurts like this.
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Now the difference and why we bring up the distinction with visceral pain that is either in our thoracic viscera or abdominal or pelvic visca is that the receptive fields that means where those noiceptors serve and what we perceive are very diffuse and wide. When you get a stomach ache you can't put your finger exactly where it hurts. you tend to put your whole hand over it and say, "I'm kind of it hurts here. It's diffuse."