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How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure?

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor

Hosted by Janna Levin

Published Aug 6, 2026
55 min

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor explores why touch can feel painful or pleasurable and how scientists study those experiences. The conversation connects sensory pathways to social behavior and evolution, including work with unusual animal models and the challenge of interpreting subjective experience through experiments.

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