The perception of pain is the result of a complex dynamic system that codes, transports and
processes nociceptive signals. The relationship between nociceptive information and pain is …

In this review, we present data from functional, structural, and molecular imaging studies in
patients and animals supporting the notion that it might be time to reconsider chronic pain as …

A meta‐analysis of 140 neuroimaging studies was performed using the activation‐likelihood‐
estimate (ALE) method to explore the location and extent of activation in the brain in …

Attention is a key concept in many theories of pain perception. A clinically popular idea is
that pain is more intense in persons who are hypervigilant for or bias their attention to pain …

Pain is known to disrupt attentional performance in both healthy adults and patients with
chronic pain. Exactly which aspects of attentional function are affected are, however, still to …

It is widely assumed that distraction reduces pain. Similarly, it is assumed that pain distracts
from concurrent, unrelated cognitive processing, reducing performance on difficult tasks …

Reduced pain perception while being distracted from pain is an everyday example of how
cognitive processes can interfere with pain perception [1–5]. Previous neuroimaging studies …

Because pain signals potential harm to the organism, it immediately attracts attention and
motivates decisions and action. However, pain is also subject to motivations—an aspect that …

Objective Photophobia is an abnormal sensitivity to light experienced by migraineurs and is
perhaps caused by cortical hyperexcitability. In clinical studies, an inter-relation between …

Several studies have used neuroimaging techniques to investigate brain correlates of the
attentional modulation of pain. Although these studies have advanced the knowledge in the …