On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello friends:
>
> I am in a lazy "cut and paste" mood today. From my Blackboard:
>
> Well, as I was reading the chapter on sensation and perception, I began to
> think about occations in which people cut their finger, or hit their arm, why
> is it that sometimes the pain is not felt right away?
>
> Anyone ever heard of that?
>
It seems that there is some documentation that football players
may get hurt while playing the game but do not realize it until
they are out on the bench.
Probably the threshold for play competes with the pain recognition
threshold.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida