研究發現：打針時盯着看會減少痛感

According to a recent research by scientists from the University College London and University of Milan-Bicocca, looking at the injection as it plunges into your skin will actually lessen how painful it feels。

Scientists applied a heat probe to the hands of 18 volunteers. They found that the participants were able to withstand higher temperatures when they could see their hand in a mirror compared to when the image was obscured with a block of wood。

Magnifying the hand in a convex mirror cut pain levels further still. Volunteers on average could tolerate 3C more heat when looking at their hand than when they didn't。

Study co-author Patrick Haggard said: "We've shown there is an interesting interaction between the brain's visual networks and the brain's pain networks." As for the advice, he said:" My advice would be to look at your arm, but try to avoid seeing the needle - if that's possible."

英國《每日郵報》11日報道，來自倫敦大學學院和米蘭比可卡大學的科學家研究後得出結論，人們在打針時觀看自己被“扎”的情景有助於緩解痛感。

科學家們在18個受試者手上用熱探針進行了測試，結果發現，相比起那些面對着被木頭堵住的鏡子的受試者，得以在鏡子中清除觀看自己手部狀況的受試者能夠承受的溫度更高。

而在凸面鏡中看到自己放大了的手的受試者所感受到的痛感更輕。平均而言，瞭解了自己首部狀況的受試者所能承受的溫度比不清楚狀況者承受的溫度高了3攝氏度。

研究論文撰稿者之一帕特里克說道：“我們已經看到，大腦的視神經系統和痛覺網絡之間存在着很有意思的聯繫。”至於給人們的建議，他這麼說：“我的建議就是看着你的胳膊，別看針頭——如果可能的話。”