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Cantone D, Feruglio S, Crescentini C, Cinot S, Matiz A. A Multilevel Approach to Explore the Wandering Mind and Its Connections with Mindfulness and Personality. Behav Sci (Basel) 2021; 11:bs11090125. [PMID: 34562963 PMCID: PMC8469085 DOI: 10.3390/bs11090125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
We propose an innovative approach to study Mind Wandering (MW), and we present an application of this methodology to study the effects of a Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) training. We assessed individuals' MW through a free association task and an attentional task with thought-probes combined with a questionnaire for the phenomenological characteristic of each MW episode. We used the Temperament and Character Inventory to assess participants' personality traits and their associations with measures of MW. Our study was limited by the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and only nine healthy young individuals completed the testing sessions, which were carried out before and after the MOM training. After MOM, participants showed fewer repetitive and self-relevant thoughts and indices of better performance in the attentional task; the linguistic analysis of participants' free associations showed lower verbal productivity and a decrease in utterances that expressed anxiety/stress. Overall, we foresee that future studies could replicate our preliminary findings with larger samples and in a period without a global health emergency. This multilevel approach to the study of MW may allow researchers to gain a broader view of the phenomenon, considering its occurrence, qualitative characteristics, impact on cognitive tasks, malleability via mindfulness or other psychological interventions, and relations with personality traits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Damiano Cantone
- Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; (S.F.); (C.C.); (A.M.)
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00118 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; (S.F.); (C.C.); (A.M.)
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00118 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; (S.F.); (C.C.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy; (S.F.); (C.C.); (A.M.)
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Alwardat M, Pisani A, Etoom M, Carpenedo R, Chinè E, Dauri M, Leonardis F, Natoli S. Is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effective for chronic low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2020; 127:1257-1270. [DOI: 10.1007/s00702-020-02223-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Guerrero-Alba R, Barragán-Iglesias P, González-Hernández A, Valdez-Moráles EE, Granados-Soto V, Condés-Lara M, Rodríguez MG, Marichal-Cancino BA. Some Prospective Alternatives for Treating Pain: The Endocannabinoid System and Its Putative Receptors GPR18 and GPR55. Front Pharmacol 2019; 9:1496. [PMID: 30670965 PMCID: PMC6331465 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background: Marijuana extracts (cannabinoids) have been used for several millennia for pain treatment. Regarding the site of action, cannabinoids are highly promiscuous molecules, but only two cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) have been deeply studied and classified. Thus, therapeutic actions, side effects and pharmacological targets for cannabinoids have been explained based on the pharmacology of cannabinoid CB1/CB2 receptors. However, the accumulation of confusing and sometimes contradictory results suggests the existence of other cannabinoid receptors. Different orphan proteins (e.g., GPR18, GPR55, GPR119, etc.) have been proposed as putative cannabinoid receptors. According to their expression, GPR18 and GPR55 could be involved in sensory transmission and pain integration. Methods: This article reviews select relevant information about the potential role of GPR18 and GPR55 in the pathophysiology of pain. Results: This work summarized novel data supporting that, besides cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors, GPR18 and GPR55 may be useful for pain treatment. Conclusion: There is evidence to support an antinociceptive role for GPR18 and GPR55.
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- Raquel Guerrero-Alba
- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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- Cátedras CONACYT, Departamento de Cirugía, Centro de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Neurobiology of Pain Laboratory, Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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Fabbro F, Fabbro A, Crescentini C. Contributions of Neuropsychology to the Study of Ancient Literature. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1092. [PMID: 30002642 PMCID: PMC6031863 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The present work introduces the neuropsychological paradigm as a new approach to studying ancient literature. In the first part of the article, an epistemological framework for the proper use of neuropsychology in relation to ancient literature is presented. The article then discusses neuropsychological methods of studying different human experiences and dimensions already addressed by ancient literatures. The experiences of human encounters with gods among ancient cultures are first considered, through the contributions of Julian Jaynes and Eric R. Dodds. The concepts of right and left in the Bible, and that of soul are then discussed. Ecstatic experience in Paul of Tarsus is also presented, with a particular focus on glossolalia. Neuroscientific differences between mindful and unitive meditative practices are then described referring to ancient Buddhist literature, and finally a brief description of dreams in ancient Greek literature is proposed. Neuropsychology variously enables a more profound understanding of themes characterizing human experiences that ancient literature has already explored; these investigations prove that the collaboration of neuroscience and humanistic studies can return fruitful and interesting results.
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- Franco Fabbro
- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Perceptual Robotics (PERCRO) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Wippert PM, Wiebking C. Stress and Alterations in the Pain Matrix: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Back Pain and Its Prevention and Treatment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E785. [PMID: 29670003 PMCID: PMC5923827 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15040785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The genesis of chronic pain is explained by a biopsychosocial model. It hypothesizes an interdependency between environmental and genetic factors provoking aberrant long-term changes in biological and psychological regulatory systems. Physiological effects of psychological and physical stressors may play a crucial role in these maladaptive processes. Specifically, long-term demands on the stress response system may moderate central pain processing and influence descending serotonergic and noradrenergic signals from the brainstem, regulating nociceptive processing at the spinal level. However, the underlying mechanisms of this pathophysiological interplay still remain unclear. This paper aims to shed light on possible pathways between physical (exercise) and psychological stress and the potential neurobiological consequences in the genesis and treatment of chronic pain, highlighting evolving concepts and promising research directions in the treatment of chronic pain. Two treatment forms (exercise and mindfulness-based stress reduction as exemplary therapies), their interaction, and the dose-response will be discussed in more detail, which might pave the way to a better understanding of alterations in the pain matrix and help to develop future prevention and therapeutic concepts.
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- Pia-Maria Wippert
- Sociology of Health and Physical Activity, Department of Health Science, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, House 12, 14469 Potsdam, Germany.
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, HCP, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Sociology of Health and Physical Activity, Department of Health Science, University of Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais 10, House 12, 14469 Potsdam, Germany.
- Institute of Psychology and Education, Applied Emotion and Motivation Research, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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van Ganzewinkel CJ, Andriessen P. We need to change how we deal with continuous pain in neonates. Acta Paediatr 2017; 106:1212-1214. [PMID: 28692199 DOI: 10.1111/apa.13922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Máxima Medical Center; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Veldhoven The Netherlands
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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Conscious and Non-Conscious Components of the Mind. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/app7040349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Koelsch S, Jacobs AM, Menninghaus W, Liebal K, Klann-Delius G, von Scheve C, Gebauer G. The quartet theory of human emotions: An integrative and neurofunctional model. Phys Life Rev 2015; 13:1-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fabbro F, Aglioti SM, Bergamasco M, Clarici A, Panksepp J. Evolutionary aspects of self- and world consciousness in vertebrates. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:157. [PMID: 25859205 PMCID: PMC4374625 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Although most aspects of world and self-consciousness are inherently subjective, neuroscience studies in humans and non-human animals provide correlational and causative indices of specific links between brain activity and representation of the self and the world. In this article we review neuroanatomic, neurophysiological and neuropsychological data supporting the hypothesis that different levels of self and world representation in vertebrates rely upon (i) a “basal” subcortical system that includes brainstem, hypothalamus and central thalamic nuclei and that may underpin the primary (or anoetic) consciousness likely present in all vertebrates; and (ii) a forebrain system that include the medial and lateral structures of the cerebral hemispheres and may sustain the most sophisticated forms of consciousness [e.g., noetic (knowledge based) and autonoetic, reflective knowledge]. We posit a mutual, bidirectional functional influence between these two major brain circuits. We conclude that basic aspects of consciousness like primary self and core self (based on anoetic and noetic consciousness) are present in many species of vertebrates and that, even self-consciousness (autonoetic consciousness) does not seem to be a prerogative of humans and of some non-human primates but may, to a certain extent, be present in some other mammals and birds
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- Franco Fabbro
- Department of Human Sciences, University of Udine Udine, Italy ; Perceptual Robotics Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy ; Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS Rome, Italy
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- Psychiatric Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University Pullman, WA, USA
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Fiala C, Cameron S, Bombas T, Parachini M, Saya L, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Pain during medical abortion, the impact of the regimen: a neglected issue? A review. EUR J CONTRACEP REPR 2014; 19:404-19. [PMID: 25180961 DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2014.950730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate pain and other early adverse events associated with different regimens of medical abortion up to nine weeks of amenorrhoea. METHODS The literature was searched for comparative studies of medical abortion using mifepristone followed by the prostaglandin analogue misoprostol. Publications, which included pain assessment were further analysed. RESULTS Of the 1459 publications on medical abortion identified, only 23 comparative, prospective trials corresponded to the inclusion criteria. Patients in these studies received different dosages of mifepristone in combination with different dosages of misoprostol administered via diverse routes or at various intervals. Information on pain level was reported in 12/23 papers (52%), information regarding systematic administration of analgesics in 12/23 articles (52%) and information concerning analgesia used was available for only 10/23 studies (43%). CONCLUSIONS Neither pain nor its treatment are systematically reported in clinical trials of medical abortion; this shortcoming reflects a neglect of the individual pain perception. When data are mentioned, they are too inconsistent to allow for any comparison between different treatment protocols. Standardised evaluation of pain is needed and the correlation between the dosage of misoprostol and the intensity of pain must be assessed in future studies.
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Fabbro F, Crescentini C. Toward an integrative view of human pain and suffering. Reply to comments on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective". Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:569-72. [PMID: 25107844 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Franco Fabbro
- Department of Human Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy; Perceptual Robotics (PERCRO) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
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Gard T. Different neural correlates of facing pain with mindfulness: contributions of strategy and skill. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:564-6. [PMID: 25022214 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tim Gard
- Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA; Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus Liebig Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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De Anna G. Conceptions of reality and the experience of pain. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:567-8. [PMID: 24994596 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Gabriele De Anna
- Juniorprofessür für Philosophie, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, An Universität 2, 96045, Bamberg, Germany; Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche, Università degli Studi di Udine, via Treppo 18, 33100, Udine, Italy
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Grant JA. What constitutes pain? Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Franco Fabbro and Cristiano Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:553-4. [PMID: 24986736 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Joshua A Grant
- Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
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Avenanti A, Vicario CM, Borgomaneri S. Social dimensions of pain. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:558-61. [PMID: 24948518 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Alessio Avenanti
- Dipartimento di Psicologia and Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
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- Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia and Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive, Università di Bologna, Campus di Cesena, Cesena, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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Pagnoni G, Porro CA. Cognitive modulation of pain and predictive coding. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:555-7. [PMID: 24906616 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Giuseppe Pagnoni
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Importance of music for facing the experience of pain. Comment on "Facing the experience of pain: a neuropsychological perspective" by Fabbro and Crescentini. Phys Life Rev 2014; 11:562-3. [PMID: 24388277 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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