Pain by association: A classical conditioning approach Ghent University
Pain syndromes are amongst the syndromes that have the highest burden on life. Confronted with
the inexplicable nature of many pains, medicine has turned to psychology for answers. In response
to this call, some researchers have proposed that pain can be learned through classical conditioning.
The frequent co-occurrence of a neutral stimulus (CS: Conditioned Stimulus) with a noxious stimulus
(UCS: ...