# What is brainfreeze?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-brainfreeze/191055 "2003-07-26T07:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![optimystique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b38774/32.png) [@optimystique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/optimystique)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-brainfreeze/191055/1 "2003-07-26T07:30:13Z")

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Oftentimes, when I gulp down a really cold beverage very fast, I get this momentary throbbing headache … a phenomenon known as brainfreeze? So what causes it?

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-brainfreeze/191055/2 "2003-07-26T07:36:43Z")

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