The sensory-discriminative and affective-motivational aspects of pain

被引:140
作者
Auvray, Malika [1 ]
Myin, Erik [2 ]
Spence, Charles [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Crossmodal Res Lab, Oxford OX1 3UD, England
[2] Univ Antwerp, Dept Philosophy, Ctr Philosoph Psychol, Antwerp, Belgium
关键词
Pain; Perception; Bodily sensations; Objectivity; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; MOTOR INCONGRUENCE; MIRROR THERAPY; PHANTOM LIMBS; EMPATHY; TOUCH; HAND; LOCALIZATION; ATTENTION; CORTEX;
D O I
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.07.008
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
010107 [宗教学]; 030301 [社会学]; 070906 [古生物学及地层学(含古人类学)];
摘要
What is the difference between pain and standard exteroceptive perceptual processes, such as vision or audition? According to the most common view, pain constitutes the internal perception of bodily damage. Following on from this definition, pain is just like exteroceptive perception, with the only difference being that it is not oriented toward publicly available objects, but rather toward events that are taking place in/to one's own body. Many theorists, however, have stressed that pain should not be seen as a kind of perception, but rather that it should be seen as a kind of affection or motivation to act instead. Though pain undeniably has a discriminatory aspect, what makes it special is its affective-motivational quality of hurting. In this article, we discuss the relation between pain and perception, at both the conceptual and empirical levels. We first review the ways in which the perception of internal damage differs from the perception of external objects. We then turn to the question of how the affective-motivational dimension of pain is different from the affective-motivational aspects that are present for other perceptual processes. We discuss how these differences between pain and exteroceptive perception can account for the fact that the experience of pain is more subjective than other perceptual experiences. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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