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1 A Call for Study on the Meanings of Pain; 1 Pain Experience and the Primary Meaning of Pain; 2 Extended Pain-Related Feelings and Meanings; 3 Meanings of Pain in the Clinic; 4 Towards Using Neuroscience to Study Meanings of Pain; 5 Qualitative Study of the Meanings of Pain; 6 Studying Meanings of Pain in Rodents and Non-human Animals; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Pain and the Dangers of Objectivity; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Dilbert's Error; 3 Physics Doesn't Do That Kind of Thing; 4 Subjectivity Isn't Like That; 5 Where Else but the Brain?
6 Brains are Necessary, but not Sufficient to Understand PainAcknowledgments; References; 3 Neural Plasticity and the Malleability of Pain; Abstract; 1 Introduction: The Role of Pain; 2 The Old Stereotype of Pain; 3 The Contemporary Conception of Pain; 4 Pathways and Neuroplasticity; 5 The Human Psyche and Adaptive Integration of Sensory-Motor Activity; 6 The Human Transformation and the "Surreal Montage"; 7 Self-Worth, Suffering, and Social Mores; 8 The Ethics of Pain; References; 4 The Emotional Perception of Phantom Limb Pain; Abstract; 1 Amputations and Phantom Limb Pain.
2 Characteristics of Phantom Limb Pain3 Distinction Between Chronic Physical Pain and Suffering or Mental Pain: The Interaction Between Neuronal and Mental Processes; 4 Pain as Homeostatic Emotion; 5 The Mental Representation of Phantom Limb Pain in the Brain; 6 Conclusion; References; 5 Is Pain Unreal?; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Case for Eliminative Materialism; 2.1 Theory-Theory and Folk Psychology; 2.2 Elimination of Folk Psychology and Radical Theory Change; 2.3 Folk Psychology and Explanatory Power; 3 Pain Eliminative Materialism; 4 A Case Against Pain Eliminativist Materialism.
4.1 Pain Folk Psychology and Explanatory Power4.1.1 Pain Folk Psychology and Patient Education About Pain; 4.2 Pain Eliminativist Materialism is Self-Refuting; 4.3 Pain Eliminativist Materialism is a Premature Philosophy; 4.4 The Success of Pain Folk Psychology; 5 Conclusions; References; 6 The Contribution of New Technological Breakthroughs to the Neuroscientific Research of Pain Communication; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Neural Basis of Pain Communication and its Modulation; 2.1 The Neural Structures and Systems Involved in Acute and Vicarious Pain.
2.2 The Modulation of Neuronal Correlates of Pain Empathy3 Towards Interpersonal Interaction Experiments in the Neuroscience of Pain Communication; 3.1 Pain Communication Research: A Challenging Compromise Between Controlled and Ecological Paradigms; 3.2 Interpersonal Synchrony; 4 The Use of Virtual Reality in Neuroscientific Research on Pain Communication; 4.1 How Intelligent Avatars May Promote the Neuroscientific Study of Pain Communication; 5 Conclusion; References; 7 A Scientific and Philosophical Analysis of Meanings of Pain in Studies of Pain and Suffering; Abstract.
6 Brains are Necessary, but not Sufficient to Understand PainAcknowledgments; References; 3 Neural Plasticity and the Malleability of Pain; Abstract; 1 Introduction: The Role of Pain; 2 The Old Stereotype of Pain; 3 The Contemporary Conception of Pain; 4 Pathways and Neuroplasticity; 5 The Human Psyche and Adaptive Integration of Sensory-Motor Activity; 6 The Human Transformation and the "Surreal Montage"; 7 Self-Worth, Suffering, and Social Mores; 8 The Ethics of Pain; References; 4 The Emotional Perception of Phantom Limb Pain; Abstract; 1 Amputations and Phantom Limb Pain.
2 Characteristics of Phantom Limb Pain3 Distinction Between Chronic Physical Pain and Suffering or Mental Pain: The Interaction Between Neuronal and Mental Processes; 4 Pain as Homeostatic Emotion; 5 The Mental Representation of Phantom Limb Pain in the Brain; 6 Conclusion; References; 5 Is Pain Unreal?; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Case for Eliminative Materialism; 2.1 Theory-Theory and Folk Psychology; 2.2 Elimination of Folk Psychology and Radical Theory Change; 2.3 Folk Psychology and Explanatory Power; 3 Pain Eliminative Materialism; 4 A Case Against Pain Eliminativist Materialism.
4.1 Pain Folk Psychology and Explanatory Power4.1.1 Pain Folk Psychology and Patient Education About Pain; 4.2 Pain Eliminativist Materialism is Self-Refuting; 4.3 Pain Eliminativist Materialism is a Premature Philosophy; 4.4 The Success of Pain Folk Psychology; 5 Conclusions; References; 6 The Contribution of New Technological Breakthroughs to the Neuroscientific Research of Pain Communication; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Neural Basis of Pain Communication and its Modulation; 2.1 The Neural Structures and Systems Involved in Acute and Vicarious Pain.
2.2 The Modulation of Neuronal Correlates of Pain Empathy3 Towards Interpersonal Interaction Experiments in the Neuroscience of Pain Communication; 3.1 Pain Communication Research: A Challenging Compromise Between Controlled and Ecological Paradigms; 3.2 Interpersonal Synchrony; 4 The Use of Virtual Reality in Neuroscientific Research on Pain Communication; 4.1 How Intelligent Avatars May Promote the Neuroscientific Study of Pain Communication; 5 Conclusion; References; 7 A Scientific and Philosophical Analysis of Meanings of Pain in Studies of Pain and Suffering; Abstract.