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Federal Pain Management Task Force Seeks Member Nominations
In 2016, the US Congress established a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, assigned to examine pain management best practices within federal agencies and disseminate information about pain management practices to interested individuals and
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new articles exploring implicit sense of agency over somatosensory events and the motivational effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards.
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Spouses’ Daily Responses to Partners’ Pain Linked with Later Functioning
The dynamics of spouses’ daily interactions may influence whether an ill partner’s physical functioning improves over time.
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Why Does Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Improve Mood?
New research from Clinical Psychological Science tested three hypotheses that might explain why self-injury might improve mood.
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Financial Stress Hurts, Literally
Scientific American Mind: Few things feel worse than not knowing when your next paycheck is coming. Economic insecurity has been shown to have a whole host of negative effects, including low self-esteem and impaired cognitive
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Does Financial Insecurity Lead to More Physical Pain?
Scientific American: A research team led by public policy Professor Eileen Chou at the University of Virginia hypothesized that the confluence of these two trends – greater economic uncertainty and more physical pain – may
