Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain

Our experience of pain can be affected by our expectations about how much pain we will feel. Here, the authors show that both social information-driven expectations, and those based on personal experience, are both able to modulate pain, but by different neural pathways.

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Main Authors: Leonie Koban, Marieke Jepma, Marina López-Solà, Tor D. Wager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11934-y
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spelling doaj-ad9f1b263e964d63b39e58b8e1013a1a2021-05-11T12:01:28ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-09-0110111310.1038/s41467-019-11934-yDifferent brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on painLeonie Koban0Marieke Jepma1Marina López-Solà2Tor D. Wager3Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado BoulderDepartment of Psychology, University of AmsterdamDivision of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of CincinnatiInstitute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado BoulderOur experience of pain can be affected by our expectations about how much pain we will feel. Here, the authors show that both social information-driven expectations, and those based on personal experience, are both able to modulate pain, but by different neural pathways.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11934-y
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Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain
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title_short Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain
title_full Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain
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title_full_unstemmed Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain
title_sort different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain
publisher Nature Publishing Group
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description Our experience of pain can be affected by our expectations about how much pain we will feel. Here, the authors show that both social information-driven expectations, and those based on personal experience, are both able to modulate pain, but by different neural pathways.
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