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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Main Authors: Katja eWiech, Irene eTracey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00046/full