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Mechanisms of self-generated positive and negative expectations on pai

Not Applicable
Conditions
Pain and pain treatment
Registration Number
DRKS00026966
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
42
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy adults with normal or corrected-to-normal vision, right-handed

Exclusion Criteria

- red-green deficiency
- chronic or acute disease or pain
- neurological or psychiatric disorders
- pregnancy
- regular medication intake (except contraceptive), recent use of psychotropic or analgesic substances
- use of illegal drugs
- smoking
- participation in any medication-associated experimental study in the last 6 months

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
We will test if cued self-generated expectations affect pain processing.<br><br>Our main aim is to assess time-frequency (EEG) neural characteristics of self-generated positive and negative expectations on pain in the expectation phase directly prior to the application of painful stimuli.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
In addition, we will examine neural processes after the cue presentation and during the application of the pain stimuli.
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