Scientists at University of Tulsa, Department of Psychology publish new data on physiology

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Affective modulation of eyeblink reactions to noxious sural nerve stimulation: a supraspinal measure of nociceptive reactivity.' "Research suggests affective picture-viewing modulates subjective and physiological reactions to noxious stimulation (pain report, heart rate acceleration, skin conductance response, nociceptive flexion reflex). Because the nociceptive flexion reflex (a spinal reflex) is modulated by picture-viewing, this suggests affective processes are able to modulate afferent nociception at spinal levels," investigators in the United States report.

"This highlights the importance of assessing nociceptive...

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