Can You Feel the Burn? Using Neuroimaging to Illuminate the Mechanisms of Mindfulness Interventions for Pain

Gillespie et al discuss the study by Wielgosz et al which provides valuable insight by using a novel neuroimaging approach--machine-learning-derived signatures of pain--to unpack which aspects of pain may be targeted by mindfulness interventions. They looked at two pain signatures--the neural pain s...

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Published in:The American journal of psychiatry 2022-10, Vol.179 (10), p.705-707
Main Authors: Gillespie, Amy, Harmer, Catherine J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Intervention
Medical research
Mindfulness
Neuroimaging
Pain
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Summary:Gillespie et al discuss the study by Wielgosz et al which provides valuable insight by using a novel neuroimaging approach--machine-learning-derived signatures of pain--to unpack which aspects of pain may be targeted by mindfulness interventions. They looked at two pain signatures--the neural pain signature (NPS) and the stimulus intensity independent pain signature-1 (SIIPS1). The cross-sectional analysis found that while long-term meditators had lower subjective reports of both pain intensity and unpleasantness compared to mindfulness-naive participants, there were no differences in either neural signature. They also found that among long-term meditators, SIIPS1 response and pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings were lower for those with greater retreat hours.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.20220712