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Why do you get a brain freeze? Sometimes, after ice-cream or a cold drink, it can feel like your skull is squeezing in our your brain – it can even be pretty painful. The cold temperatures are picked up by pain receptors near your palate, so while a brain freeze feels like a headache, it's actually just referred pain from your mouth. Keep watching for a few ways to get rid of a brain freeze... as much as I love ice-cream, it's not quite worth the pain.
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
Hosted, Animated and Produced by Vanessa Hill 🍦
Written by Teagan Wall twitter.com/TeagWall
And thank YOU for watching.
Clips in this video 📼
Dog: youtube.com/watch?v=8R1-kZvNG8c
Baby: youtube.com/watch?v=GaIfcys328I
Cat: youtube.com/watch?v=ZbC12XZgvPs
References 🗂
Neuroscientists explain how the sensation of brain freeze works: sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522095335.htm
Society for Neuroscience: blog.brainfacts.org/2014/07/brain-freeze/#.WNP96RIrI2J
Ice-cream headaches and other headaches: researchgate.net/profile/Torsten_Kraya/publication/299593439_Ice_cream_headache_in_students_and_family_history_of_headache_a_cross-sectional_epidemiological_study/links/57152ab808ae0f1a39b19f32.pdf
TAKE OUR PBS DIGITAL STUDIOS SURVEY! 👉surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017
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Why do you get a brain freeze? Sometimes, after ice-cream or a cold drink, it can feel like your skull is squeezing in our your brain – it can even be pretty painful. The cold temperatures are picked up by pain receptors near your palate, so while a brain freeze feels like a headache, it's actually just referred pain from your mouth. Keep watching for a few ways to get rid of a brain freeze... as much as I love ice-cream, it's not quite worth the pain.
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
Hosted, Animated and Produced by Vanessa Hill 🍦
Written by Teagan Wall twitter.com/TeagWall
And thank YOU for watching.
Clips in this video 📼
Dog: youtube.com/watch?v=8R1-kZvNG8c
Baby: youtube.com/watch?v=GaIfcys328I
Cat: youtube.com/watch?v=ZbC12XZgvPs
References 🗂
Neuroscientists explain how the sensation of brain freeze works: sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522095335.htm
Society for Neuroscience: blog.brainfacts.org/2014/07/brain-freeze/#.WNP96RIrI2J
Ice-cream headaches and other headaches: researchgate.net/profile/Torsten_Kraya/publication/299593439_Ice_cream_headache_in_students_and_family_history_of_headache_a_cross-sectional_epidemiological_study/links/57152ab808ae0f1a39b19f32.pdf
