Decreased Pain Perception by Unconscious Emotional Pictures

Pain perception arises from a complex interaction between a nociceptive stimulus and different emotional and cognitive factors, which appear to be mediated by both automatic and controlled systems. Previous evidence has shown that whereas conscious processing of unpleasant stimuli enhances pain perc...

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Main Authors: Irene Peláez, David Martínez-Iñigo, Paloma Barjola, Susana Cardoso, Francisco Mercado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01636/full