One study demonstrated that brain freeze developed in the temporal and orbital regions on one side of the head when ice was placed against the palate on that side. When the ice was applied midline, the pain occurred on both sides. This experiment also showed that the reaction could only be elicited in hot weather, a result recreated by a later study.

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