ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022
How does semantic pain and words condition pain perception? A short communication.
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- How professionals in pediatrics change the words they use to mitigate pain: A lexical description after a short hypnosis-based communication training.British journal of pain · 2025Article
- Pain and Disability Reduction Following Rib Manipulation in a Patient Recovering from Osteomyelitis of the Thoracic Spine.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How the inner repetition of a desired perception changes actual tactile perception.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Communication Strategies in the Management of Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Assessing Pain Research: A Narrative Review of Emerging Pain Methods, Their Technosocial Implications, and Opportunities for Multidisciplinary Approaches.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
introduction and scopeLanguage is one of the main tools with whom people describe their pain. The semantic value of words plays a fundamental role in the pain perception, intended as a complex process of modulation and processing in the brain. The priming effect is a cognitive process in which a certain stimulus can influence subsequent stimuli. It is therefore plausible that this effect plays a key role in the modulation and perception of pain. This study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between the semantic aspects of language, the priming effect, and the perception of pain. METHODS AND
resultsA narrative review of the literature was conducted. Sixteen studies were included and categorized in four groups based on the effect of the verbal suggestion on the experimental acute pain and chronic pain and on the effect of pain-related words in free pain and post-surgical subjects.
conclusionsThere may be a link between language and pain, both at the behavioral and neural level. The processing of semantic information associated with pain influences the pain perception.
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