Outputs (17)

Exploring the complexities of pain: Why it isn't “all in your head” (2021)
Book Chapter

Much is known about the physical strain that athletes’ bodies are subjected to and the dangerous aspects of competition immediately spring to mind. But why do athletes train the way they do, and why do they push the limits? Why do some recover well... Read More about Exploring the complexities of pain: Why it isn't “all in your head”.

Pain unstuck: The role of action and motivation (2020)
Journal Article

Background:What is it that motivates our actions? As human beings, existing as part of complex societies, the actions we take are subject to multiple, often competing motives. Spanning non-conscious reflexes, cognitively derived choice as well as lon... Read More about Pain unstuck: The role of action and motivation.

Predicting the consequences of physical activity: An investigation into the relationship between anxiety sensitivity, interoceptive accuracy and action (2019)
Journal Article

The ability to predict the consequences of our actions is imperative for the everyday success of our interactions. From negotiating an uneven surface, to mounting an immune response, we continually infer the limits of our body. The current investigat... Read More about Predicting the consequences of physical activity: An investigation into the relationship between anxiety sensitivity, interoceptive accuracy and action.

Bayesian learning models of pain: A call to action (2018)
Journal Article

Learning is fundamentally about action, enabling the successful navigation of a changing and uncertain environment. The experience of pain is central to this process, indicating the need for a change in action so as to mitigate potential threat to bo... Read More about Bayesian learning models of pain: A call to action.

Using advanced technologies to improve access to treatment, to improve treatment, and to directly alter experience (2018)
Book Chapter

This authoritative handbook—now significantly revised with more than 50% new material—introduces practitioners and students to the state of the art in psychological interventions for managing pain. Leading experts review the most effective treatment... Read More about Using advanced technologies to improve access to treatment, to improve treatment, and to directly alter experience.

Embodied pain - Negotiating the boundaries of possible action (2017)
Journal Article

Pain is a protective strategy, which emerges from on-going interaction between body and world. However, pain is often thought of as a unitary output—an end product experienced as an intrusion upon an often unsuspecting perceiver.55 We know a lot abou... Read More about Embodied pain - Negotiating the boundaries of possible action.

Pain: A statistical account (2017)
Journal Article

Perception is seen as a process that utilises partial and noisy information to construct a coherent understanding of the world. Here we argue that the experience of pain is no different; it is based on incomplete, multimodal information, which is use... Read More about Pain: A statistical account.

Psychological approaches to coping with pain in later life (2016)
Journal Article

A psychological model of coping with the demands of aging is outlined. Chronic pain is conceptualized as a challenge to normal aging, because it threatens identity, risks affective disorder (depression), and interferes with action. The sparse evidenc... Read More about Psychological approaches to coping with pain in later life.

Perceptual inference in chronic pain (2016)
Journal Article

Objective: The experience of chronic pain critically alters one's ability to interact with their environment. One fundamental issue that has received little attention, however, is whether chronic pain disrupts how one perceives their environment in t... Read More about Perceptual inference in chronic pain.

The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain (2015)
Journal Article

Pain is an experience that powerfully influences the way we interact with our environment. What is less clear is the influence that pain has on the way we perceive our environment. We investigated the effect that the anticipation of experimental pain... Read More about The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain.