Stan continued playing with minimal pain during the closing quarter of an exciting college football game even though he had suffered a severe ankle sprain when he was tackled.It is likely that Stan's pain was psychologically minimized by ________ and physically minimized by the brain's release of ________.
A) synesthesia;nociceptors
B) distraction;endorphins
C) synesthesia;endorphins
D) distraction;nociceptors

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Distraction can minimize the psychological aspect of pain by diverting attention away from it, while endorphins released by the brain can minimize the physical aspect of pain by acting as natural pain relievers. Synesthesia (a sensory experience in which stimulation of one sense leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in another sense) is not relevant to pain reduction in this scenario, and nociceptors (sensory receptors that detect pain) do not reduce pain, but instead detect and respond to it.

Stan Continued Playing with Minimal Pain During the Closing Quarter