Neurofeedback and attention modulate somatosensory alpha oscillations but not pain perception

Vanessa D. Hohn; Laura Tiemann; Felix S. Bott; Elisabeth S. May; Clara Fritzen; Moritz M. Nickel; Cristina Gil Ávila; Markus Ploner

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002972

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Neurofeedback and attention modulate somatosensory alpha oscillations but not pain perception

Vanessa D. Hohn ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa D. Hohn, Laura Tiemann, Felix S. Bott

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Laura Tiemann ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa D. Hohn, Laura Tiemann, Felix S. Bott

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Felix S. Bott ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa D. Hohn, Laura Tiemann, Felix S. Bott

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Elisabeth S. May,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Clara Fritzen,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Moritz M. Nickel,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Cristina Gil Ávila,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany
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Markus Ploner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: markus.ploner@tum.de

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, School of Medicine and Health, TUM, Munich, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-7170

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Neurofeedback and attention modulate somatosensory alpha oscillations but not pain perception

Vanessa D. Hohn,
Laura Tiemann,
Felix S. Bott,
Elisabeth S. May,
Clara Fritzen,
Moritz M. Nickel,
Cristina Gil Ávila,
Markus Ploner

Published: January 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002972

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