Kerstin Luedtke

Interaction of attention and localization of pain maxima shift the balance between lateral inhibition and spatial facilitation in nociceptive processing

The paper investigates how attention and pain localization influence the balance between lateral inhibition and spatial facilitation in pain processing, finding that facilitation is modulated by attention and perceived pain maximum location.

Temporal Contrast Enhancement in Auditory and Nociceptive Processing

This study investigates temporal contrast enhancement (TCE) in pain and non-painful aversive stimuli, finding modality-specific neural responses without corresponding subjective TCE effects.

Perception of first and second pain during offset analgesia

This study investigates first and second pain perception during offset analgesia, finding no fiber-specific differences but noting response time delays with prolonged stimulation.

Pain distribution can be determined by classical conditioning

This study shows that classical conditioning and verbal suggestion can influence perceived pain distribution, with the strongest effect when both are combined.

Experimentally induced pain and paresthesia respond differently to parameter changes of cuff-based compression in pain-free young individuals

This study uses cuff algometry to compare pain and paresthesia responses to varying pressure and duration parameters in pain-free individuals, finding distinct patterns for each symptom.

Psychological mechanisms of offset analgesia: The effect of expectancy manipulation

This study investigates whether suggestion affects offset analgesia in healthy participants, finding that suggestions can reduce but not increase pain modulation.

Spatial tuning in nociceptive processing is driven by attention

The paper investigates how attention affects spatial summation of pain by comparing different attention conditions in a cold-water immersion experiment.

Temporal properties of painful contrast enhancement using repetitive stimulation

This study investigates if temporal pain contrast enhancement can be induced by repetitive stimulation with different interstimulus intervals and finds it occurs for 5 and 15 seconds but not 25 seconds.