Brain Mechanisms of Virtual Reality Breathing Versus Traditional Mindful Breathing in Pain Modulation: Observational Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

• Main Authors: Xiao-Su Hu (Author), Katherine Beard (Author), Mary Catherine Sherbel (Author), Thiago D Nascimento (Author), Sean Petty (Author), Eddie Pantzlaff (Author), David Schwitzer (Author), Niko Kaciroti (Author), Eric Maslowski (Author), Lawrence M Ashman (Author), Stephen E Feinberg (Author), Alexandre F DaSilva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPain is a complex experience that involves sensory-discriminative and cognitive-emotional neuronal processes. It has long been known across cultures that pain can be relieved by mindful breathing (MB). There is a common assumption that MB exerts its analgesic effect through interoception....