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Warn About Pain 20–40 Seconds In Advance

If the goal is to reduce perceived pain, provide advance warning roughly 20 to 40 seconds before the painful stimulus; 2 seconds is too short and 2 minutes is too long.

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“So how soon before a painful stimulus should we know about it if the goal is to reduce our level of pain? And the answer is somewhere between 20 seconds and 40 seconds is about right.”

huberman · How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure · Aug 9, 2021 · 32:37 · open ↗

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