Language, Culture and the Neurobiology of Pain: A Theoretical Exploration

Language and culture, as conceptualized in traditional anthropology, may have an important influence on pain and brain-behavior relations. The paradigm case for the influence of language and culture on perception and cognition is stipulated in the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis which has been applied to phe...

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Main Author: Horacio Fabrega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1989-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1989-2405
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description Language and culture, as conceptualized in traditional anthropology, may have an important influence on pain and brain-behavior relations. The paradigm case for the influence of language and culture on perception and cognition is stipulated in the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis which has been applied to phenomena “external” to the individual. In this paper, the paradigm is applied to information the person retrieves from “inside” his body; namely, “noxious” stimuli which get registered in consciousness as pain.
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title Language, Culture and the Neurobiology of Pain: A Theoretical Exploration
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