With ice cream, I tend to take a big bite and then jump up and down when the brain freeze hits. Even though I know this is going to happen, I can't seem to stop myself.

Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it ...

Ah, the brain freeze — the signature pain of summer experienced by anyone who has eaten an ice cream cone with too much enthusiasm or slurped down a slushie a little too quickly.

In a 2012 study, researchers induced brain freeze in 13 healthy adults by having them sip ice cold water while the blood flow in their brains was monitored with a transcranial Doppler test, a type ...

Brain Freeze and Migraine. While ice cream headaches can hit anyone who enjoys an icy-cold treat, you might be more likely to have them if you tend to get migraine attacks.

Brain freeze when eating ice cream triggers a physiological response to the shocking change in temperature. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 84°F. Wednesday, June 18th 2025 ...

When Ice Cream Attacks: The Mystery Of Brain Freeze Drink that Slurpee too fast, and you risk an attack of "brain freeze." Scientists are fascinated by the headaches caused by consuming cold things.

In honor of National Ice Cream Month, we asked local doctors to break down the biological chain reaction behind an ice cream headache — or brain freeze, as some folks call it. The trigger, of ...

It hits you suddenly, when you're just relaxing, sipping on a Slurpee or downing some ice cream. That cold, seizing headache known as brain freeze. But, what's happening there? What is brain ...

Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn't really understand what causes it ...

No matter its location, an ice cream headache is almost always “intense, short-lasting, [and] stabbing.” As anyone who has grappled with brain freeze can tell you, it’s not a pleasant ...

We all scream for ice cream, but sometimes snarfing down a cold treat in a hurry makes us scream – in agony.We clutch our heads. We squeeze our eyes shut and wait for what seems like an eternity ...