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Brain, pain and pleasure: A neuroscientist's journey to the history of medicine. 

Permanent exhibition

Location: The Wellcome Collection, Euston

Duration: 2 hours

Ages: Adults

Brain, pain and pleasure: Join the neuroscientist Rachel Langford to discover pain, pleasure and everything in between. Among rows of objects collected by the man of science – Henry Wellcome, we will explore the mystery of phantom pain, the old secret of child-birth, how contraceptives influence the way women experience pain and the power of the mind when it comes to sex differences in pain and pleasure. 
 

A journey to the way the brain deals with pain and the tips about how to do it better!
 

Adult only tour. Join us!

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