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Mental Imagery Manages Pain

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Mentally reframing pain as a pleasant experience is an effective regulation strategy that acts independently of the opioid system, finds new human research published in JNeurosci. The study supports clinical use of mental imagery techniques, such as imagining a new context or consequence of a painful event, in conjunction with pain-relieving drugs.

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Berna <em>et al</em>., <em>JNeurosci</em> (2018)

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