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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When you hold something hot in your hand, and have to let go, why does the pain you get come delayed for like 1 second?
gpt
The movement of the arm away from a hot object is a reflex action, your central nervous system doesn't wait for the message to reach the brain and instead the reflex is entirely handled by nervous system elements in your spine.

The fact that you moved your hand away from the hot object before you 'felt' the pain (in your brain) draws your attention to the phenomena and makes it seem as though you chose to move your hand away before feeling anything hence the perceived delay.