The ________ theory of pain proposes that the spinal cord regulates the experience of pain by either opening or closing neural channels that are involved in pain sensations that get sent to the brain.

A. psychodynamic
B. trichromatic
C. gate control
D. opponent-process


Answer: C

Psychology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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