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CWOQ: Mind over matter: Out-thinking pain

Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:00
McConnell Engineering Building 3480 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, CA
Using brain imaging, Dr. Catherine Bushnell has been looking into the activity of the brains of patients who are distracted from their pain and has discovered that drawing less attention to one's pain may end up being even more helpful than many opiates or other pain medications. This lecture will demonstrate how both attentional and emotional states alter pain perception and pain processing in the brain.
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