Generalization of learned pain modulation depends on explicit learning
Koban, L., Kusko, D., & Wager, T. D.
In one sentence. Conducted three behavioral experiments showing that learned pain modulation from conditioned cues generalizes to perceptually and conceptually similar novel cues, but only in participants who explicitly learned the cue-pain association.
Abstract
The experience of pain is strongly influenced by contextual and socio-affective factors, including learning from previous experiences. Pain is typically perceived as more intense when preceded by a conditioned cue (CS
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Citation: Koban, L., Kusko, D., & Wager, T. D. (2018). Generalization of learned pain modulation depends on explicit learning. Acta Psychologica, 184, 75–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.09.009