Frontoparietal mechanisms supporting attention to location and intensity of painful stimuli

TOC summary Frontoparietal mechanisms as well as early sensory cortices contribute to directed attention to specific features of painful stimuli, such as intensity or location. Attention can profoundly shape the experience of pain. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms that support directed attention to nociceptive information. In the present study, subjects were cued to attend to either the spatial location or the intensity of...