Correlations between brain changes and pain management after cognitive and meditative therapies: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine August 1, 2018 Simone S Nascimento, Larissa R Oliveira, Josimari M DeSantana
There are different ways of dealing with pain and cognitive and meditative therapies (CMT) are alternative ways to regulate the emotions associated with pain. Current studies apply neuroimaging techniques trying to elucidate the neural mechanisms of cognitive strategies for pain. This systematic review aimed to summarize the evidence on brain activity changes after CMT, which include cognitive...