Anterior insula integrates information about salience into perceptual decisions about pain.
The decision as to whether a sensation is perceived as painful does not only depend on sensory input but also on the significance of the stimulus. Here, we show that the degree to which an impending stimulus is interpreted as threatening biases perceptual decisions about pain and that this bias towa...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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