Functional dissociation of stimulus intensity encoding and predictive coding of pain in the insula
The computational principles by which the brain creates a painful experience from nociception are still unknown. Classic theories suggest that cortical regions either reflect stimulus intensity or additive effects of intensity and expectations, respectively. By contrast, predictive coding theories p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2017-05-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/24770 |