Several studies in humans and non-human primates have explored and characterised the
features of the cortical representation of the portion of space immediately surrounding the …

Physical pain can be clearly distinguished from other states of distress. In recent years,
however, the notion that social distress is experienced as physically painful has permeated …

Pain is a highly variable and subjective experience, which results from the flexible
integration of sensory and contextual (eg, cognitive, emotional, and motivational) …

Pain typically evolves over time, and the brain needs to learn this temporal evolution to
predict how pain is likely to change in the future and orient behavior. This process is termed …

Intense radiant heat pulses concomitantly activate Aδ-and C-fiber skin nociceptors, and elicit
a typical double sensation: an initial Aδ-related pricking pain is followed by a C-related …

Pain and suffering in persons with disorders of consciousness (DoC) remain poorly
understood, frequently unaddressed or inadequately addressed, and controversial on …

Background: The assessment of pain and nociception in non-communicative patients with
disorders of consciousness (DOC) is a real challenge for clinicians. It is, therefore, important …

Is it true that we learn better what we like? Current neuroaesthetic and neurocomputational
models of aesthetic appreciation postulate the existence of a correlation between aesthetic …

Pain is a complex phenomenon involving perceptual, motor, and autonomic responses, but
how the brain translates noxious stimuli into these different dimensions of pain is unclear …

Neural indicators of pain discriminability have far-reaching theoretical and clinical
implications but have been largely overlooked previously. Here, to directly identify the neural …