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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Classical conditioning often elicits fear and avoidance in chronic pain.
  • The conditioning of pain perception itself is debated.
  • Investigating pain conditioning in healthy individuals is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if pain threshold ratings can be altered by conditioned non-nociceptive sensory stimuli.
  • To explore the role of associative learning in pain perception.

Main Methods:

  • 51 healthy volunteers underwent electrocutaneous pain threshold determination.
  • A conditioning paradigm paired a non-painful vibrotactile stimulus (CS+) with a painful stimulus, and another (CS-) with a non-painful stimulus.
  • Pain and expectancy ratings were collected during a test phase.

Main Results:

  • Test stimuli were rated as more painful when paired with the CS+ compared to the CS-.
  • This effect persisted regardless of contingency awareness, expectancies, or mood.

Conclusions:

  • Pain perception can be modulated by classical conditioning.
  • Associative learning may play a role in the development and maintenance of chronic pain.