Bradley K. Taylor • David P. Finn
Editors

2014

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Volume 20

The physiological pain in humans that initially results from tissue injury is an unpleasant and aversive experience with sensory, cognitive, and motivational components. These interact to precipitate behavioral and psychological responses that serve essential survival functions, including protective behaviors that allow avoidance and escape from the pain-generating stimulus, as well as recuperative behaviors that facilitate healing.