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Objective Knowledge of Subjective Pain? Towards a Subjective-Neuroscience of Pain
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Van Rysewyk, S, Objective Knowledge of Subjective Pain? Towards a Subjective-Neuroscience of Pain, Ngae Mamae, New Zealand Pain Society Journal, (Spring) pp. 10-20. ISSN 1175-821X (2014) [Non Refereed Article]
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Abstract
How can pain science objectively know pain experience when it is subjective and private?
Viewed as a puzzle about pain research methods, I make the pragmatic point that pain
science has for decades used established objective methods to generate powerful data
about the subjective dimensions of pain experience. However, as important as these
methods are for our understanding of pain, they alone cannot describe subjective pain
under the fluctuating conditions of everyday life, especially chronic pain, or provide a
research strategy to model pain-brain relationships. I propose that an integrative research
line I label "Subjective-Neuroscience of Pain" can address this research challenge and silence
the puzzle via three main research activities: (1) using "subjective research methods", such
as the Experiential-Phenomenological Method, describe subjective pain experiences,
especially chronic pain experiences; (2) using relevant objective neuroscientific procedures
(e.g., neurofeedback), relate subjective pain descriptions to brain activity; and (3) develop an
online repository and archive for the storage and sharing of subjective pain data and painbrain
data. The confluence of these activities within "Subjective-Neuroscience of Pain" may
uniquely contribute to the understanding of pain.
Item Details
Item Type: | Non Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | Philosophy |
Research Field: | Philosophy not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Van Rysewyk, S (Mr Simon Van Rysewyk) |
ID Code: | 99099 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2015-03-13 |
Last Modified: | 2015-03-13 |
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