The nurse is teaching a class on the perception of pain. What will the nurse teach as being the area of the brain where the electrochemical messages are interpreted into pain?

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The cerebral cortex is responsible for the interpretation of pain. It processes the electrochemical messages received from the body and interprets them as pain, allowing for the perception and conscious awareness of pain.

The Nurse Is Teaching a Class on the Perception of Pain