The moderating role of trait mindfulness on pain perception: insights from pain-related electroencephalography oscillations.

ABSTRACT:

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 pain intensity. However, this potential relationship remains largely unexplored in experimental research and was therefore the focus of this study.

Method

Forty healthy participants, aged 20 to 30 years, completed a trait mindfulness questionnaire, followed by experimental thermal pain stimulation while their brain activity was recorded using EEG and pain intensity ratings were assessed du

SUBMITTER: Lu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12510156 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature