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Cognitive fatigue weakens the effects of distraction on pain

Vogel, Todd A., Desjardins, Sophie, Chabot, Bianca, Otto, A. Ross, Falk, Carl F., Roy, Mathieu·2023·Pain
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002985
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ABSTRACT: Perceived pain can be viewed because of a competition between nociceptive inputs and other competing goals, such as performing a demanding cognitive task. Task performance, however, suffers when cognitively fatigued. We therefore predicted that cognitive fatigue would weaken the pain-reducing effects of performing a concurrent cognitive task, which would indicate a causal link between fatigue and heightened pain sensitivity. In this study, 2 groups of pain-free adults performed cognitive tasks while receiving painful heat stimuli. In 1 group, we induced cognitive fatigue before performing the tasks. We found that fatigue led to more pain and worse performance when the task was demanding, suggesting that fatigue weakens one's ability to distract from pain. These findings show that cognitive fatigue can impair performance on subsequent tasks and that this impairment can lower a person's ability to distract from and reduce their pain.

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Authors
Vogel, T. A., Desjardins, S., Chabot, B., Otto, A. R., Falk, C. F., & Roy, M.
Affiliations
McGill University (CA)
Corresponding author
Roy, Mathieu
ORCID
Venue
Pain
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2023-06-28
Volume
164
Issue
12
Pages
2845-2851
ISSN
  • 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
  • 1872-6623
DOI
10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002985
OpenAlex
W4382653321
Cited by
15
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 4
FWCI
2.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
Keywords
mental fatigue, pain distraction, pain perception, nociception, thermal pain, pain sensitivity
MeSH terms
Adult, Cognition, Fatigue, Humans, Pain, Task Performance and Analysis

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