We are poor at localising pain sensations from activation of pain receptors alone because

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pain receptors are rapidly adapting and therefore cant signal spatial location

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pain sensations involve affective and cognitive components as well as sensory discriminations

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nociceptor neurons have large receptive field

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the visco-elastic properties mean that pain energy is rapidly dissipated away from the site of injury

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free nerve endings are poor at signalling spatial location

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