Transcript: THE PAIN SCALE

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PETER JENNINGS: The specialists in pain management tell us that the most significant scientific breakthrough in recent years has been the understanding that pain is connected, as you see there, to certain parts of the brain. Here's ABC's Deborah Amos.

DEBORAH AMOS, ABC News: (voice-over) This was one of science's oldest mysteries. It's called the pain illusion.

WOMAN: Ow! DEBORAH AMOS: (voice-over) Touching these warm and cool bars produces pain even though they're not cold enough or hot enough to hurt the skin. So where does the pain come from? The answer - - the brain.

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