One of my all-time favorite studies in psychology is about pain. It’s an elegant experiment performed by Kurt Gray and Dan Wegner. They wrote: “When someone steps on your toe on purpose, it seems to ...

Intentional acts and negligent acts that cause injury, along with what is called “strict liability,” all belong to a category of law called “tort” law. Put simply, torts are wrongful acts that cause ...

I summarize it like this — most aspects of our lives can affect our pain. This includes our stress level, our social connection, the amount of joy in our lives, how we relate to pain, whether we have ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

When a child sees pain intentionally inflicted on another, portions of the brain are activated that are associated with social interaction and moral reasoning in addition to those associated with pain ...

A few years ago, I started studying pain science. I find it fascinating and hopeful. Pain is multifactorial — many things can contribute to our experience of pain. That also means many things can help ...