Narcotics,the most powerful drugs currently available to fight pain, simply dull the brain's perception of it.
VOA: standard.2010.05.04
But all these medications do is dull the brain's perception of pain.
VOA: standard.2010.05.04
And consider the role perception plays in helping patients improve in ailments ranging from pain and depression to Parkinson's disease through a phenomenon known as the placebo effect.
Dr Breslin and his colleagues want to find out how genes influence human perception, particularly the senses of smell and taste and those (warmth, cold, pain, tingle, itch and so on) that result from stimulation of the skin.