Numerous studies involving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain, tell us that chronic back pain (CBP) alters brain function well beyond the feeling of pain and can cause impairments like depression, impaired decision-making ...
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Introducing DAMIEN – the brain’s default mode network
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How the brain makes us feel
Bud Craig’s 2009 paper: How do you feel—now? The anterior insula and human awareness brings together findings of numerous authors in a discussion of functional imaging of the anterior insular cortex (AIC) and the starring ...
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With The Touch of One’s Own Hand
If you knock your hand arm on something sharp, what is the first thing you do? I bet most of you say ‘rub it better’. We take that automatic response for granted but some very ...
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People who can’t imagine
When I remember primary school, I remember one of my teachers cutting snot out of his nose with a pair of scissors when he thought no-one was looking. When I remember high school, I remember ...
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Location Location Location. Acupuncture and chronic shoulder pain – CAM or Sham?
Having written a number of posts on acupuncture (see here, here, and here) I guess my particular biases are reasonably apparent. So imagine my surprise when a large RCT published in the journal “Pain” reports ...