But have you ever really stopped to consider what pain is? It’s not as simple as it sounds. In fact, there are at least three dimensions of pain you should understand. The first dimension is intensity ...

the cognitive dimension of pain (meaning ascribed to pain) was significantly correlated with hope, whereas sensory dimensions (pain intensity and relief) showed no such correlation. The study ...

affective and cognitive dimensions of pain 1. By doing so, it connects the field of pain to exciting current research on the mechanisms in the brain that generate the experience of pain.

It is hoped that the link between the sensory and affective dimensions of pain will become better understood, shedding further light on the above. Finally, it is hoped that increased research will ...