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 …

Highlights•We reviewed recent developments in the fear of movement-related pain and
avoidance.•Learning is key to acquisition, generalization, and extinction of pain-related …

Abstract Since the seminal 'Little Albert'study by Watson and Rayner (1920), fear
conditioning has become one of the most commonly used paradigms for studying the …

In a complex world, we are constantly faced with environmental stimuli that shape our
moment‐to‐moment experiences. But just as rich and complex as the external world is the …

The sounds that result from our movement and that mark the outcome of our actions typically
convey useful information concerning the state of our body and its movement, as well as …

Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions, and for people over
40 years old, it represents the musculoskeletal pain with the greatest impact on quality of life …

Mental imagery may represent a weaker form of perception and, thus, mental images may
be more ambiguous than visual percepts. If correct, the acquisition of fear would be less …

Increasing evidence suggests that pain-related fear is key to the transition from acute to
chronic pain. Previous research has shown that perceptual similarity with a pain-associated …

Background Cortical representation of the painful body region may be disrupted in several
chronic pain conditions. The two-point discrimination test (TPDT) and the Left/Right …

When pain persists beyond healing time and becomes a “false alarm” of bodily threat,
protective strategies, such as avoidance, are no longer adaptive. More specifically …