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Pain by association: a classical conditioning approach

It has been theorized that classical conditioning may explain how chronic pain develops. Pain gets  associated to other neutral and non-nociceptive stimuli during injury time, which become responsible for causing pain in the future. This idea remains untested. The aim of this PhD has been to provide evidence and a clear answer.
Date:10 Dec 2022 →  9 Apr 2023
Keywords:false alarms, virtual reality, hallucination, associative learning, Classical conditioning, chronic pain
Disciplines:Health psychology, Psychopathology