The so-called 'replicability crisis' has sparked methodological discussions in many areas of
science in general, and in psychology in particular. This has led to recent endeavours to …

Over the course of a century, the meaning of interoception has changed from the restrictive
to the inclusive. In its inclusive sense, it bears relevance to every individual via its link to …

Disrupted interoception is a prominent feature of the diagnostic classification of several
psychiatric disorders. However, progress in understanding the interoceptive basis of these …

It is widely acknowledged that pain is a universal experience that affects human beings
across the life span, serving an important protective function. Typical protective behaviors …

While chronic pain is considered by some to be a CNS disease, little is understood about
underlying neurobiological mechanisms. Addiction models have heuristic value in this …

Our understanding of chronic pain involves complex brain circuits that include sensory,
emotional, cognitive and interoceptive processing. The feed-forward interactions between …

Human fear conditioning research since Watson's case study on “Little Albert” has vastly
evolved and its impact today is reaching far beyond phobic anxiety. This review focuses on …

Pain is considered a hardwired signal of bodily disturbance belonging to a basic
motivational system that urges the individual to act and to restore the body's integrity, rather …

Suicidality is exceedingly prevalent in pain patients. Although the pathophysiology of this
link remains unclear, it may be potentially related to the partial congruence of physical and …

Pain-related fear is considered a strong psychological predictor for both chronic pain and
disability. The aims of this study were to systematically review and critically appraise the …