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Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence, University of Florida

Why does it hurt when you get a scrape? A neuroscientist explains the science of pain

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected].


“How come you feel pain when you fall and get a scrape?” – Tillman, age 9, Asheville, North Carolina

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