More information: Marie-Eve Picard et al, A distributed brain response predicting the facial expression of acute nociceptive pain, eLife (2024). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.87962.2 Provided by University ...

But a study from the University of South Australia reveals the importance of recognising the expressions of all kinds of pain—trivial or major—as valid. It can substantially impact a child’s ...

Mice lacking two neuropeptides thought to be essential for processing pain show no change in how they respond to a wide range of harmful stimuli.