An emerging technique in chronic pain research is MRI, which has led to the understanding
that chronic pain patients display brain structure and function alterations. Many of these …

Objectives: Pain catastrophizing is reliably associated with pain reports during experimental
pain in healthy, pain-free subjects and in people with chronic pain. It also correlates with self …

Cognition is defined as the brain's ability to acquire, process, store, and retrieve information.
Pain has been described as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience, and for …

Compelling evidence has shown chronic widespread and exaggerated pain experience in
chronic musculoskeletal pain (MSKP) conditions. In addition, neuroimaging research has …

Background There are different ways of dealing with pain and cognitive and meditative
therapies (CMT) are alternative ways to regulate the emotions associated with pain. Current …

The personal experience of pain is complex and depends on physiological and
psychological factors. From this latter category, pain catastrophizing plays an important role …

Living with unrelenting pain (chronic pain) is maladaptive and is thought to be associated
with physiological and psychological modifications, yet there is a lack of knowledge …

Noninvasive brain imaging has established the participation of the cortex in pain perception
and identified a long list of brain structures involved. More recent studies show the …

Cognitive impairment is commonly associated with the pain experience. This impairment
represents a major obstacle to daily activities and rehabilitation, especially in the chronic …

Objectives: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major health issue, yet its underlying
mechanisms remain unknown. Studies have demonstrated the importance of emotion and …