Listening to music during a painful experience

A) increases pain sensations, but decreases people's complaints about it.
B) leads people to say they feel less pain, although they act as if they are experiencing an increase in pain.
C) sometimes reduces the intensity of the perceived pain.
D) makes pain feel more intense than usual, and increases their complaints of pain.

Pain Sensations

The uncomfortable sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity that involves the creation of sounds in time and space, using elements such as rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre.

Intensity

The magnitude or strength of a phenomenon, such as light, sound, or an emotional experience, often measured on a quantitative scale.