Why the study?
Does cognitive distraction reduce pain perception and alter brain activation in humans receiving painful stimuli?
Population
Human subjects receiving intermittent painful thermal stimuli
Comparison
Cognitive distraction task vs Less demanding neutral task
Design
Other
Authors
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May aid experimental pain relief via neural modulation; leaves open translation to clinical pain management.
Does cognitive distraction reduce pain perception and alter brain activation in humans receiving painful stimuli?
Cognitive distraction reduces pain perception by modulating neural activity, increasing activation in affective brain regions and decreasing it in the pain matrix.
Bantick et al. (2002) studied this question.