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Hypervigilance for bodily sensations: a functional perspective

Hypervigilance for bodily sensations is often suggested as a crucial factor in medically unexplained pain. This idea, however, lacks theoretical underpinning and empirical support. In this project, hypervigilance for bodily sensations is investigated within a new theoretical framework, which proposes that hypervigilance is a functional mechanism that is activated in situations in which patients experience bodily threat. 

Date:1 Jan 2011 →  30 Sep 2016
Keywords:health psychology, goals, pain, medically unexplained symptoms, hypervigilance
Disciplines:Sensory processes and perception, Applied psychology, Psychiatry and psychotherapy, Clinical and counselling psychology, Health psychology, Nursing, Other paramedical sciences, General psychology, Neurosciences, Motivation and emotion, Biological and physiological psychology, Cognitive science and intelligent systems, Animal experimental and comparative psychology, Other psychology and cognitive sciences, Motor processes and action, Human experimental psychology, Cognitive processes