Why do we feel an ice cold sensation for a brief moment before the pain of a thousand suns when we touch boiling hot water/a super hot surface?
In: Biology
ELI5 answer: The nerves that carry heat/cold sensation to your brain are faster than the nerves that carry pain.
ELI15 answer: It’s because the termpature-sensing nerves are covered in myelin. Myelin makes the electrical signal travel a lot faster.
ELI30 answer:
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