I am a
Home I AM A Search Login

Papers of the Week


Papers: 21 Sep 2024 - 27 Sep 2024


2024 Sep 19


Psychosom Med


39317166

Learned symptom-specific fear towards a visceral sensation and its impact on perceptual habituation.

Authors

Pattyn L, Zaman J, van de Pavert I, Jelinčić V, von Leupoldt A, Van Oudenhove L, Van Diest I

Abstract

Impaired habituation of bodily sensations has been suggested as a contributing factor to chronic pain. We examined in healthy volunteers the influence of fear learning towards a non-painful sensation in the esophagus on the perceptual habituation of this sensation.