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Distraction and cognitive control independently impact parietal and prefrontal response to pain
Previous studies found that distracting someone through a challenging activity leads to hypoalgesia, an effect mediated by parietal and …
Nicolas Silvestrini, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Cognitive exertion affects the appraisal of one's own and other people's pain
Evaluating correctly others’ pain is a crucial prosocial ability, especially relevant for the healthcare system. In clinical …
Laura Riontino, Raphael Fournier, Alexandra Lapteva, Nicolas Silvestrini, Sophie Schwartz, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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The Impact of Pain on Subsequent Effort and Cognitive Performance
Theoretical accounts of pain and empirical evidence indicate that pain and cognitive control share common neurocognitive processes. …
Nicolas Silvestrini, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Expecting Pain
How expectations shape pain sensitivity and relief.
Regulating Pain
How pain interacts with high level executive functions.
Sensory-specific predictive models in the human anterior insula
Expectations affect the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to noxious events, an effect underlain by brain regions …
Gil Sharvit, Patrik Vuilleumier, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Modality-specific effects of aversive expectancy in the anterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex
Expectations modulate the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to nociceptive inputs, an effect mediated by brain …
Gil Sharvit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Patrik Vuilleumier
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Cross-modal and modality-specific expectancy effects between pain and disgust
Pain sensitivity increases when a noxious stimulus is preceded by cues predicting higher intensity. However, it is unclear whether the …
Gil Sharvit, Patrik Vuilleumier, Sylvain Delplanque, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Selecting category specific visual information. Top-down and bottom-up control of object based attention
The ability to select, within the complexity of sensory input, the information most relevant for our purposes is influenced by both …
Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Ralph Weidner, Gereon R. Fink
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