I want to know the answer to the following question:
Where does pain-related activity in the thalamus spread to?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Pain-related activity in the thalamus spreads to the insular cortex (thought to embody, among other things, the feeling that distinguishes pain from other homeostatic emotions such as itch and nausea) and anterior cingulate cortex (thought to embody, among other things, the motivational element of pain); and pain that is distinctly located also activates the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes