Why It Hurts More When He Means to Hit You

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Posted By: apoorperson (November 26, 2008 at 2:27 PM)

I think the reason intentional pain hurts more is simply because someone who really wants to hurt another person will throw the paper harder or stomp on the toe harder.

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Posted By: OCguy (November 26, 2008 at 12:07 PM)

Perhaps the subjects under-reported their pain due to a social concern for the clumsy research assistant? If so, the experiment is not measuring their perception of pain, but rather their willingness to report it.