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> Rapid withdrawal of a limb from a hot object happens before we feel pain. I always feel pain in that instant. I feel the pain before I can even consciously r
by Valmar 9y ago
> Rapid withdrawal of a limb from a hot object happens before we feel pain.
I always feel pain in that instant. I feel the pain before I can even consciously react to it, because of the shock from it. Unless of course the nerves are shocked enough to prevent the pain from being felt immediately.
- red75prime 9y agoYou can't, unless you are interneuron in your spinal column, but then you'd have trouble posting here.
- Dylan16807 9y agoThe brain fakes the timing of things. Constantly. Heat/burning sensations use the slowest type of nerve fiber, only moving at .5 to 2 meters per second. While the primary actors related to movement are at 100 meters per second.