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The Impact of Pain on Subsequent Effort and Cognitive Performance
Theoretical accounts of pain and empirical evidence indicate that pain and cognitive control share common neurocognitive processes. …
Nicolas Silvestrini, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Cognitive exertion affects the appraisal of one's own and other people's pain
Evaluating correctly others’ pain is a crucial prosocial ability, especially relevant for the healthcare system. In clinical …
Laura Riontino, Raphael Fournier, Alexandra Lapteva, Nicolas Silvestrini, Sophie Schwartz, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Distraction and cognitive control independently impact parietal and prefrontal response to pain
Previous studies found that distracting someone through a challenging activity leads to hypoalgesia, an effect mediated by parietal and …
Nicolas Silvestrini, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Far from the eyes, far from the heart. COVID-19 confinement dampened sensitivity to painful facial features
In the last two years, governments of many countries imposed heavy social restrictions to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, …
Lia Antico, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Does inappropriate behaviour hurt or stink? The interplay between neural representations of somatic experiences and moral decisions
Embodied models suggest that moral judgments are strongly intertwined with first-hand somatic experiences, with some pointing to …
Gil Sharvit, Enru Lin, Patrik Vuilleumier, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Does inappropriate behaviour hurt or stink? The interplay between neural representations of somatic experiences and moral decisions
Regulating Pain
How pain interacts with high level executive functions.
Does my pain affect your disgust? Cross-modal influence of first-hand aversive experiences in the appraisal of others' facial expressions
Embodied models of social cognition argue that others’ affective states are processed by re-enacting a sensory-specific representation …
Lia Antico, Eugénie Cataldo, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Beyond unpleasantness. Social exclusion affects the experience of pain, but not of equally-unpleasant disgust
Seminal theories posit that social and physical suffering underlie partly-common representational code. It is unclear, however, if this …
Lia Antico, Amelie Guyon, Zainab K. Mohamed, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Modality-specific effects of aversive expectancy in the anterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex
Expectations modulate the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to nociceptive inputs, an effect mediated by brain …
Gil Sharvit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Patrik Vuilleumier
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The good, the bad, and the suffering. Transient emotional episodes modulate the neural circuits of pain and empathy
People’s sensitivity to first-hand pain is affected by their ongoing emotions, with positive states (joy, amusement) exerting …
Emilie Qiao-Tasserit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Patrik Vuilleumier
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