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SCIENCE
Volume 354, Issue 6312, Pages 584-587Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8934
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- U.K. Medical Research Council
- MRC [MR/L011719/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/L011719/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Phenomena such as placebo analgesia or pain relief through distraction highlight the powerful influence cognitive processes and learning mechanisms have on the way we perceive pain. Although contemporary models of pain acknowledge that pain is not a direct readout of nociceptive input, the neuronal processes underlying cognitive modulation are not yet fully understood. Modern concepts of perception-which include computational modeling to quantify the influence of cognitive processes-suggest that perception is critically determined by expectations and their modification through learning. Research on pain has just begun to embrace this view. Insights into these processes promise to open up new avenues to pain prevention and treatment by harnessing the power of the mind.
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