Look to Lessen Acute Pain: Scientific American Podcast

Look to Lessen Acute Pain: Scientific American Podcast: "Stubbed your toe? Try looking at it. Even better, look at it through a magnifying glass. Because new research finds that just looking at a part of your body in acute pain can lessen it. And the pain can be deadened further if the body part is made to look bigger. The work appears in the journal Psychological Science. [Flavia Mancini et al., 'Visual Distortion of Body Size Modulates Pain Perception']"