Attentional, interpretation and memory biases for sensory-pain words in individuals with chronic headache.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cognitive biases in attention, interpretation and less consistently memory have been observed in individuals with chronic pain and play a critical role in the onset and maintenance of chronic pain. Despite operating in combination cognitive biases are typically explored in isolation.

Aim

The primary aim of this study was to explore attentional, interpretation and memory biases and their interrelationship in individuals with chronic headache.

Methods

Twenty-eight participants with chronic headache and 34 healthy controls completed paradigms assessing attentional, interpretation and memory biases with ambiguous sensory-pain and neutral words.

Results

Individuals with chronic pain showed significantly greater pain-related attentional and interpretatio

SUBMITTER: Schoth DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6327358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature