Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage. Chronic pain, with a prevalence of 20–30% is the major cause of human …

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 …

One means by which the state reinforces inequality is by imposing administrative burdens
that loom larger for citizens with lower levels of human capital. Integrating insights from …

Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent health problems in our modern world, with millions
of people debilitated by conditions such as back pain, headache and arthritis. To address …

All individuals rely on a fundamental set of mental capacities and functions, or bandwidth, in
their economic and non-economic lives. Yet, many factors associated with poverty, such as …

Chronic pain states are highly prevalent and yet poorly controlled by currently available
analgesics, representing an enormous clinical, societal, and economic burden. Existing pain …

Importance Chronic pain is common among the elderly and is associated with cognitive
deficits in cross-sectional studies; the population-level association between chronic pain …

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

Background: Pain is a common complication after stroke and is associated with the
presence of depression, cognitive dysfunction, and impaired quality of life. It remains …

The transition from normal to chronic pain is believed to involve alterations in several brain
areas that participate in the perception of pain. These plastic changes are then responsible …