Why pain hurts.

Tracey I.

We have made great strides in understanding how the human brain constructs the multidimensional experience of pain - both acute and chronic - over the past few decades. Pain wears many guises, but at its core, it hurts. How is this core component of pain represented in the brain, and how can we target it for relief?

DOI

10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.020

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends Cogn Sci

Publication Date

12/2022

Volume

26

Pages

1070 - 1072

Keywords

brain, hurt, neuroimaging, pain, unpleasantness, Humans, Pain, Brain Mapping, Brain

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