Purpose Expectations and modification gained through critical learning influence pain
perception. We tested how pain tolerability was influenced by the effects of orally delivered …

The current study investigated pain threshold, pain tolerance, and pain severity in relation to
sex, trait gender, and state gender using an experimental design. The participants included …

Prior expectations influence pain experience. These expectations, in turn, rely on prior pain
experience, but they may also be socially influenced. Yet, most research has focused on self …

Purpose: To test whether aerobic exercise can help build self-control stamina in healthy
female young adults. Stamina in this context is defined as the capability to endure ego …

Physical pain is a ubiquitous human experience with complexities spanning from physical to
psychological domains. Though pain has historically been thought of as a physical and …

Smokers have been regarded as having low distress tolerance, a characteristic shown to be
linked to smoking behavior. Individual and population based interventions have proven to …

Marijuana is the number one illicit substance used in the United States, particularly among
college age adolescents. Learning is paramount to college success, and marijuana use has …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause and commonly diagnosed form of
dementia, and it remains the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Age is the …

Empathy and its impact on pain perception has been studied narrowly with the focus being
on participants receiving empathy during a pain procedure. This study reversed the focus …

The road to completing this thesis would have been much more difficult without the support I
received from my husband, Grant Brady. I am so thankful to have a person in my life who …