Pain and the emotional brain: pain-related cortical processes are better reflected by affective evaluation than by cognitive evaluation
Abstract The experience of pain has been dissociated into two interwoven aspects: a sensory-discriminative aspect and an affective-motivational aspect. We aimed to explore which of the pain descriptors is more deeply rooted in the human brain. Participants were asked to evaluate applied cold pain. T...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-05-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35294-2 |