Human fear conditioning research since Watson's case study on “Little Albert” has vastly
evolved and its impact today is reaching far beyond phobic anxiety. This review focuses on …

Introduction The physiotherapy approach to musculoskeletal pain is currently pointing more
towards a hands-off management of patients by education and exercise therapy. However …

Although fear learning mechanisms are implicated in the development, maintenance,
exacerbation, and reduction of genital pain, systematic research on how fear of genital pain …

Background Classical conditioning has frequently been shown to be capable of evoking fear
of pain and avoidance behavior in the context of chronic pain. However, whether pain itself …

Background Predicting adverse events from past experience is fundamental for many
biological organisms. However, some individuals suffer from maladaptive memories that …

“Demonization” is what American physical therapist and professor Dr. Chad E. Cook calls
the criticism of manual therapy that has grown louder in recent years. He addresses eight of …

Pain is evolutionarily hardwired to signal potential danger and threat. It has been proposed
that altered pain-related associative learning processes, ie, emotional or fear conditioning …

„Dämonisierung “nennt der amerikanische Physiotherapeut und Professor Dr. Chad E. Cook
die in den letzten Jahren lauter werdende Kritik an der Manuellen Therapie. Acht dieser …

Fear of touch, due to allodynia and spontaneous pain, is not well understood. Experimental
methods to advance this topic are lacking, and therefore we propose a novel tactile …

We tested the hypotheses that rendering sensory input about hand location imprecise
increases a classically conditioned pain expectancy effect, increases generalization of the …