PAIN Reports
October 7, 2025
Chen Lu, Nele Berner, Lena Hagel et al.
Introduction: Pain perception is a subjective experience influenced by individual emotional and cognitive, including attentional and cognitive processes. In this respect, trait mindfulness-as an individual's inherent tendency to remain nonelaborative, nonjudgmental aware and attentive to the present moment-may modulate electroencephalography (EEG) responses to pain stimulation and perceived...
Frontiers in Pain Research
April 1, 2025
Chen Lu, Nele Berner, Lena Hagel et al.
IntroductionPain habituation, the reduction in response to repeated painful stimuli, is a positive adaptation process, while pain sensitization is linked to chronic pain. Traits like mindfulness and extraversion affect pain processing, but their influence on pain adaptation and potential interactions remains underexplored. This study aimed to examine the relationship between trait mindfulness,...
Pain
July 10, 2024
N. Heukamp, Vera Moliadze, Mina Mišić et al.
Default mode network perturbation reflects an adaptation to years lived with back pain and related cognitive processes rather than simply reflecting a pain classification status. Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.
Psychological Medicine
April 1, 2023
Laurent Elkrief, Bochao Lin, Mattia Marchi et al.
It has not yet been determined if the commonly reported cannabis-psychosis association is limited to individuals with pre-existing genetic risk for psychotic disorders. We examined whether the relationship between polygenic risk score for schizophrenia (PRS-Sz) and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), as measured by the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences-42 (CAPE-42) questionnaire, is...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
2023
Chen Lu, Vera Moliadze, Frauke Nees
13 citations
Mindfulness-based processes have been shown to enhance attention and related behavioral responses, including analgesia, which is discussed as an effective method in the context of pain interventions. In the present review, we introduce the construct of mindfulness, delineating the concepts, factors, and processes that are summarized under this term and might serve as relevant components of the...
Journal of Neuroscience
January 14, 2019
Catherine Orr, Philip A. Spechler, Zhipeng Cao et al.
100 citations
Rates of cannabis use among adolescents are high, and are increasing concurrent with changes in the legal status of marijuana and societal attitudes regarding its use. Recreational cannabis use is understudied, especially in the adolescent period when neural maturation may make users particularly vulnerable to the effects of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on brain structure. In the current...