Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Impaired sleep enhances pain, perhaps by disrupting pain modulation. ⋯ Consistent with previous findings, pain modulation is disrupted in insomnia, which might promote pain. This may stem from disrupted supraspinal circuits not disrupted brain-to-spinal cord circuits.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Computer-delivered social norm message increases pain tolerance.
Few experimental studies have been conducted on social determinants of pain tolerance. ⋯ Social norms can significantly increase pain tolerance, even with a brief verbal message delivered by a video.