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SUBMITTER: Wiech K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2635565 | biostudies-other | 2006 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wiech Katja K Kalisch Raffael R Weiskopf Nikolaus N Pleger Burkhard B Stephan Klaas Enno KE Dolan Raymond J RJ
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20061101 44
Perceived control attenuates pain and pain-directed anxiety, possibly because it changes the emotional appraisal of pain. We examined whether brain areas associated with voluntary reappraisal of emotional experiences also mediate the analgesic effect of perceived control over pain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we compared self-controlled noxious stimuli with physically identical stimuli that were externally controlled. Self-controlled stimulation was accompanied by less pain and ...[more]