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The Theory That Explains How Pricking a Finger with a Needle

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Question 25

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The theory that explains how pricking a finger with a needle provides minimal pain while cutting the finger with a knife provides more severe pain is the:


A) gate control theory.
B) neuromatrix theory.
C) specificity theory.
D) neuromodulation.

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