Unpleasantness

Virtual reality vs. tablet for procedural comfort using an identical Game in Children Undergoing Venipuncture. A Randomized Clinical Trial
Recent research has explored the effectiveness of interactive virtual experiences in managing pain and anxiety in children during …
Christina Zavlanou, Valentine Savary, Stephanie Mermet, David Sander, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, David Rudrauf, Yvain Tisserand, Cyril Sahyoun
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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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State-specific and supraordinal components of facial response to pain
Pain inadequate treatment is frequent in modern society, with major medical, ethical, and financial implications. In many healthcare …
Giada Dirupo, Paolo Garlasco, Cyrielle Chappuis, Gil Sharvit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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State-specific and supraordinal components of facial response to pain
The role of interoception in understanding others' affect. Dissociation between superficial and detailed appraisal of facial expressions
Embodied models of social cognition argue that others’ emotional states are processed by re-enacting a representation of the same …
Giada Dirupo, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Maha Kashef, Martin Debbané, Deborah Badoux
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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
Expecting Pain
How expectations shape pain sensitivity and relief.
Sensory-specific predictive models in the human anterior insula
Expectations affect the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to noxious events, an effect underlain by brain regions …
Gil Sharvit, Patrik Vuilleumier, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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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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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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