Table 1.
Day #1—left hand |
Warm water (total time = 3:00) |
Time 1:06 → It’s not unpleasant at all |
Time 1:40 → No pain |
Cold water (total time = 2:31) |
Time 0:00 → Wa-hoo! Wow! Yes, that is cold! Wow |
Time 0:14 → Wow. Ya. Eww |
Time 0:34 → Wa-ew! Ew-how! |
Time 0:44 → Extremely unpleasant |
Time 1:02 → It feels extremely unpleasant |
Time 1:42 → Oww |
Day #2—right hand |
Warm water (total time = 3:00) |
Time 0:07 → Comfortable. Comfortable, no pain |
Time 0:37 → No pain |
Time 1:00 → None |
Cold water (total time = 1:47) |
Time 0:03 → No ice cubes, but it’s ice water! |
Time 0:08 → Oww |
Time 0:14 → Ew-how |
Time 0:27 → We-ye. Ha |
Time 0:31 → A lot stronger, more intense signals being sent than the hot water. Wow |
Time 0:50 → Wow-ha. Ow! It is pretty bad. Wow. Ya |
Time 1:04 → Ew-ow |
Time 1:32 → It is that bad [pointing to rating scale]. Worst |
Day #3—left hand |
Warm water (total time = 3:00) |
Time 0:12 → It feels good. Hurts so good (making joke). Warm water |
Cold water (total time = 0:54) |
Time 0:01 → Wy-ha! Ew-ha! Woah, ahh, eww |
Time 0:14 → Ay! |
Time 0:18 → Wow. Whew-hew-hew |
Time 0:36 → Oww. Ew, oww, eww! |
Time 0:43 → Ow! Ew |
Time 0:48 → It is bad! Owww! Ow. I want it out! |
Day #4—right hand |
Warm water (total time = 3:00) |
Time 0:48 → Not the hottest or the coldest. |
Cold water (total time = 0:37) |
Time 0:01 → Ay-ya-ya! Woah |
Time 0:15 → Wow. Who. Ow-we-ha! |
Time 0:17 → It feels cold all the way through |
Time 0:22 → Wow! Ow! Wow. Ow. Wow-ew. Wow! Ow! |
Time 0:32 → That is bad! It is bad. Wow! Wow. Oww! Ow |
Roger’s pain-related vocalizations transcribed for each immersion. The spelling attempts to characterize the literal enunciation for each of his vocalizations. Exclamation marks indicate vocalizations that were emitted with high levels of intensity. Time represents the amount of time (in minutes and seconds) that his hand had been immersed in the water