Thirsty People Feel More Pain

Bifurcati writes "Being thirsty makes you more sensitive to pain, according to a recent study. By simultaneously doing brain scans, new areas of the brain were activated when both pain and thirst were present, apparently making the pain more "painful" - perhaps a survival method so that pain is prioritized over thirst. They'd like to do more research, but ethical issues make it tough - even these subjects had to spend three hours being poked and prodded!"

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Re:Foreplay

[MustardMan]

How many slashdotters can honestly sustain prolonged poking?

I think most would be finished right about the time the first article of clothing hit the floor.