The Theory That Explains How Pricking a Finger with a Needle

question 25

Multiple Choice

The theory that explains how pricking a finger with a needle provides minimal pain while cutting the finger with a knife provides more severe pain is the:

• A) gate control theory.
• B) neuromatrix theory.
• C) specificity theory.
• D) neuromodulation.

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