Pain: emo response and ACC

Question 1

Emotional response to pain is mediated in the

Answer 1

in particular averseness - is mediated in the anterior cingulate (part of the limbic system)

Question 2

PET study that produced pain in s’s by submerging hand in cold water without and with hypnosis to

Answer 2

diminish aversiveness of pain

Question 3

w/ and w/o hypnosis PET study: Primary somatosensory cortex activated in both conditions and s’s reported

Answer 3

pain same intensity

Question 4

PET study w/ and w/o hypnosis: Anterior cingulate showed

Answer 4

decreased activation in hypnosis and pain was less unpleasant

Question 5

Anterior cingulate cortex and emotional aspects of pain not felt

Answer 5

ACC activated when s’s heard words denoting pain: throbbing pain, splitting pain - ACC activated when women saw romantic partners saw experience pain