Generalization gradients in cued and contextual pain-related fear: An experimental study in healthy participants

Increasing evidence supports the notion that pain-related fear plays a key role in the transition from acute to chronic pain. Recent experimental data show that associative learning processes are involved in the acquisition of pain-related fear. An intriguing yet underinvestigated question entails h...

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Main Authors: Ann eMeulders, Nele eVandebroek, Bram eVervliet, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00345/full