Neural basis of modulators of expectation effects in pain and affective processing (A03)

• Subject Area: Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 422744262

Project A03 implemented an expectation modulation paradigm in combination with a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) and discovered that oscillatory brain activity in the pre-stimulus phase contributes to expectation effects on pain. A03 will further investigate the neural underpinnings and modulatory effects of self-efficacy and control, which are thought to enhance the effects of positive expectation on pain processing and perception. Using virtual reality and BCI, the interactions between expectation and mood state as well as common and distinct mechanisms underlying expectation-induced pain and affective processing including generalization effects will be investigated.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 289: Treatment Expectation - The impact of expectation on health outcome
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Michael Rose