Essays

This essay was written for a neuroscience class. The assignment was to find a new or relevant topic in neuroscience and discuss it. In our discussion of it, we needed to include the findings, the significance of the findings, and their implications for the scientific community and world.

The essay focused primarily on an analysis by Mogil et al, “Sex Differences in Pain and Pain Inhibition: Multiple Explanations of a Controversial Phenomenon.”

Understanding Sex Differences in Pain