Pain, decisions and actions: a motivational perspective
Because pain signals potential harm to the organism, it immediately attracts attention and motivates decisions and action. However, pain is also subject to motivations – an aspect that has led to considerable changes in our understanding of (chronic) pain over the recent years. The relationship betw...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00046/full |