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Subjective utility moderates bidirectional effects of conflicting motivations on pain perception

Minimizing pain and maximizing pleasure are conflicting motivations when pain and reward co-occur. Decisions to prioritize reward consumption or pain avoidance are assumed to lead to pain inhibition or facilitation, respectively. Such decisions are a function of the subjective utility of the stimuli...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Becker, Susanne, Gandhi, Wiebke, Chen, Yan Jun, Schweinhardt, Petra
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552734/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798478
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08454-4
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