Neurophysiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief: an Updated Review.
Current Pain and Headache Reports August 17, 2020 Alex Jinich-Diamant, Eric L Garland, Jennifer Baumgartner et al.
This review examines recent (2016 onwards) neuroscientific findings on the mechanisms supporting mindfulness-associated pain relief. To date, its clear that mindfulness lowers pain by engaging brain processes that are distinct from placebo and vary across meditative training level. Due to rapid developments in the field of contemplative neuroscience, an update review on the neuroimaging studies...