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<p>An Experimental Analogue Study on the “Dose-Response Relationship” of Different Therapeutic Instructions for Pain Exposures: The More, The Better?</p>
Author(s) -
Karoline Körfer,
Lea Schemer,
Tobias Kube,
Julia Anna Glombiewski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s265709
Subject(s) - habituation , medicine , expectancy theory , therapeutic effect , audiology , pharmacology , psychology , social psychology
Novel suggestions derived from the inhibitory learning model on how to optimize exposure therapy have been debated with enthusiasm in the last few years, particularly with respect to the focus on expectancy violations. However, little is known about how this new approach directly compares to the traditional habituation rationale of exposure therapy. In the present study, we examined these two competing therapeutic instructions among healthy female participants in an experimental heat pain paradigm.

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