Anticipation as Pain: The Temporal Construction of Suffering
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22144903Keywords:
pain, anticipation, nociception, meditation, fMRI, temporal perception, sufferingAbstract
Pain is not easy to define. A widely accepted definition in neuroscience describes it as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage [1]. This formulation already reveals the issue: pain is not purely physical, but also constructed.
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