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Redheads Endure Pain Better Than Others, Research Reveals (lifegravity.net)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There's an important distinction to be made between pain threshold (when a sensation is recognised as painful) and pain tolerance.

Were the dentists trying to find out how much was needed for the subject to notice the painful stimulus, or for them to no longer be able to tolerate it?