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Papers: 20 Jul 2019 - 26 Jul 2019


Human Studies


2019 Nov


Eur J Pain


23


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Delayed effects of attention on pain sensitivity and Conditioned Pain Modulation.

Authors

Hoegh M, Seminowicz DA, Graven-Nielsen T
Eur J Pain. 2019 Nov; 23(10):1850-1862.
PMID: 31343803.

Abstract

Efficacy of pain modulation is assessed as the difference in pain sensitivity during a painful conditioning, compared to before (conditioning pain modulation, CPM). Attention can be assessed with the Stroop-task, in which participants report the number of words on a screen; either congruent or incongruent with the value of the words. Attention away from painful stimuli during CPM enhances the CPM-effect. However, it is unknown if attention influences CPM-effects when the two are done in sequence.