The mechanism of mindfulness meditation on pain by functional magnetic resonance imaging method
The European Research Journal April 12, 2023 Y. Yıldız, S. Kocahan, Alp Eren Çelenlioğlu et al.
Pain is a subjective feeling having sensory, cognitive and emotional components. Brain regions that cognitively and affectively contribute to pain sensation are the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), insula, prefontal cortex (PFC) and the default mode network (DMN). Depression and anxiety may accompany pain and they may exaggerate the pain via cognitive and affective disturbance. As a...