ABSTRACT Introduction Approximately 15% to 40% of persons with chronic pain as a
primary disorder experience brain fog. Prior research has investigated the etiology of “brain …

Cybersickness (CS) is one of the challenges that has hindered the widespread adoption of
Virtual Reality (VR). Consequently, researchers continue to explore novel means to mitigate …

This narrative review investigates the relationship between mental toughness (and mental
toughness resources) and pain in athletes. Theorists have postulated that mentally tough …

Pain perception can be modulated by several factors. Phenomena like temporal summation
leads to increased perceived pain, whereas behavioral conditioning can result in analgesic …

There is an ongoing debate about whether pain can be classically conditioned, but
surprisingly, evidence is scarce. Here, we report 3 experiments investigating this idea. In a …

Our pains can be more or less intense, our mental imagery can be more or less vivid, our
perceptual experiences can be more or less striking. These degrees of intensity of conscious …

This study aimed to explore the influence of chronic stress, measured through hair cortisol,
on executive functions in individuals with chronic pain. We expected that there would be …

Endogenous pain modulation relies on a set of mechanisms and neural systems that
regulate pain by facilitating or inhibiting the processing of nociceptive inputs at different …

Background Action observation (AO) has emerged as a potential neurorehabilitation therapy
for patients with neck pain (NP), but evidence of its effectiveness is scarce. This study aims …

Pain processing involves emotional and cognitive factors that can modify pain perception.
Increasing evidence suggests that pain catastrophizing (PC) is implicated, through pain …