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Title:

Behavioral responses to noxious stimuli shape the perception of pain.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
May, Elisabeth S; Tiemann, Laura; Schmidt, Paul; Nickel, Moritz M; Wiedemann, Nina; Dresel, Christian; Sorg, Christian; Ploner, Markus
Abstract:
Pain serves vital protective functions. To fulfill these functions, a noxious stimulus might induce a percept which, in turn, induces a behavioral response. Here, we investigated an alternative view in which behavioral responses do not exclusively depend on but themselves shape perception. We tested this hypothesis in an experiment in which healthy human subjects performed a reaction time task and provided perceptual ratings of noxious and tactile stimuli. A multi-level moderated mediation analy...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Sci Rep
Year:
2017
Journal volume:
7
Pages contribution:
44083
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1038/srep44083
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28276487
Print-ISSN:
2045-2322
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Neuroradiologie (Prof. Zimmer); Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie; Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
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