Disentangling self from pain: mindfulness meditation–induced pain relief is driven by thalamic–default mode network decoupling
Pain July 7, 2022 Gabriel Riegner, Grace Posey, Valeria Oliva et al. 41 citations
ABSTRACT: For millenniums, mindfulness was believed to diminish pain by reducing the influence of self-appraisals of noxious sensations. Today, mindfulness meditation is a highly popular and effective pain therapy that is believed to engage multiple, nonplacebo-related mechanisms to attenuate pain. Recent evidence suggests that mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is associated with the...