Opioids are widely used for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia; however, their use is related to increased risks of untoward effects including hyperalgesia and chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP). We aim to compare opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) with opioid-based anesthesia (OBA) on the incidence of CPSP after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This randomized controlled clinical trial...
Frontiers in PsychologyOctober 12, 2022Jessica K. Yankulova, Lisa Moreno Zacher, Anthony G. Velasquez et al.1 citation
In 1959, Neal Miller made the bold claim that the Stimulus–Response, Behaviorist models of that era were describing the way in which stimuli lead to the entry of contents into consciousness (“entry,” for short). Today, researchers have begun to investigate the link between external stimuli and involuntary entry, using paradigms such as the reflexive imagery task (RIT), the focus of our review....
AIMS Neuroscience2018Hyein Cho, Wei Dou, Zaviera Reyes et al.7 citations
High-level cognitions can be triggered into consciousness through the presentation of external stimuli and the activation of certain action sets. These activations arise in a manner that is involuntary, systematic and nontrivial. For example, in the Reflexive Imagery Task (RIT), subjects are presented with visual objects and instructed to not think of the names of the objects. Involuntary...