Background A paradigm shift away from clinician-led management of people with chronic
disorders to people playing a key role in their own care has been advocated. At the same …

Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is a psychophysical experimental measure of
endogenous pain inhibition in humans. Within this paradigm, one noxious stimulus, the …

The Bayesian-brain framework applied to placebo responses and other mind–body
interactions suggests that the effects on the body result from the interaction between priors …

Picture book reading is an enjoyable everyday activity for many young children with well-
known benefits for language development. The present study investigated whether picture …

The spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis (SpVc) in the mammalian brainstem serves a pivotal
function in pain processing. As the main relay center for nociceptive signals, SpVc conducts …

Introduction Distraction is commonly used to reduce pain, but the effectiveness of
distractions remains inconclusive. Studies have shown that pain catastrophizing could …

Music is believed to aid the implementation of emotion regulation strategies like distraction
or reappraisal, but empirical studies have shown null results. However, the moderating role …

Aim The aim of this study was to determine the effect of using three‐dimensional videos with
virtual reality glasses and distraction cards including optical illusion pictures on patients' …

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of executive functioning and cognitive
performance on individual experimentally induced pain perception during distractor tasks in …

Poor sleep quality (SQ) negatively affects pain associated with musculoskeletal disorders
(MSD). As the level of economic development of a country determines its sanitary conditions …