Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent health problems in our modern world, with millions
of people debilitated by conditions such as back pain, headache and arthritis. To address …

Experiences of social rejection, exclusion or loss are generally considered to be some of the
most'painful'experiences that we endure. Indeed, many of us go to great lengths to avoid …

Non-invasive functional brain imaging is used more than ever to investigate pain in health
and disease, with the prospect of finding new means to alleviate pain and improve patient …

Empathy—the ability to share the feelings of others—is fundamental to our emotional and
social lives. Previous human imaging studies focusing on empathy for others' pain have …

Abstract Objective and Method: Research on emotion and pain has burgeoned. We review
the last decade's literature, focusing on links between emotional processes and persistent …

Experiences of social rejection or loss have been described as some of the most “painful”
experiences that we, as humans, face and perhaps for good reason. Because of our …

Emerging evidence has shown that social pain—the painful feelings that follow from social
rejection, exclusion, or loss—relies on some of the same neural regions that process …

Acute pain and emotion are processed in two forebrain networks, and the cingulate cortex is
involved in both. Although Brodmann's cingulate gyrus had two divisions and was not based …

Only humans can report feeling pain. In contrast, pain in animals is typically inferred on the
basis of nonverbal behaviour. Unfortunately, these behavioural data can be problematic …

▪ Abstract The issue of whether pain is represented by specific neural elements or by
patterned activity within a convergent somatosensory subsystem has been debated for over …