A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain—offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.

USC and UCLA researchers have created a wireless device that uses AI to decode pain levels from brain activity and customize ...

Psychological Treatment. When you are in pain, you may have feelings of anger, sadness, hopelessness, and/or despair. Pain can alter your personality, disrupt your sleep, and interfere with your ...

To compare how chronic pain and acute pain are represented in the brain, participants were also exposed to a painful heat stimulus experiment in the lab. This time, in two participants, the neural ...

This experiment shows how the brain can interpret — and misinterpret— pain. In your hands, you have separate sensors for heat, cold, and pain. Here's what happens when you touch something hot ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

A new study linked chronic pain to activity in the orbitofrontal cortex, an area involved in emotion regulation, self-evaluation and decision making. By Priyanka Runwal Researchers have for the ...

Neuropathic pain doesn’t just affect the body – it also alters the brain. Chronic pain of this nature often leads to depression, anxiety, social isolation and a deep sense of helplessness. It can make ...

Migraine headaches, also known as migraines, are a type of headache that can cause debilitating pain. Learn more about the types, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, & treatment of migraines.

A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain—offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.