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Pain and deliberate
self-harm


Pain and the erotic

Can animals feel pain?

Laocoon and the expression of pain



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Pain: Culture

Pain affects people and their emotions, and is experienced in different ways by different individuals. For many, pain does not belong only in a medical sphere, but in everyday life.




LATEST ARTICLES
Pain and deliberate
self-harm
Michaela Swales explores the physical and emotional pain of self-harm.




Pain and the erotic
Lesley Hall on love and the agonies of unrequited desire.
Can animals feel pain?
Lynne Sneddon on animal pain detection.

Laocoon and the expression of pain
William Schupbach on the classic marble sculpture that depicts the Trojan priest Laocoon assailed by a sea serpent.