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Comparing Multimodal Physiological Responses to Social and Physical Pain in Healthy Participants
- Authors
- Eun-Hye Jang, Young-Ji Eum, Daesub Yoon, Jin-Hun Sohn, Sangwon Byun
- Issue Date
- 2024-04
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, v.12, pp.1-13
- ISSN
- 2296-2565
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Background: Previous physiology-driven pain studies focused on examining thepresence or intensity of physical pain. However, people experience various typesof pain, including social pain, which induces negative mood; emotional distress;and neural activities associated with physical pain. In particular, comparison ofautonomic nervous system (ANS) responses between social and physical pain inhealthy adults has not been well demonstrated.Methods: We explored the ANS responses induced by two types of pain—social pain, associated with a loss of social ties; and physical pain, caused bya pressure cuff—based on multimodal physiological signals. Seventy-threehealthy individuals (46 women; mean age = 20.67 ± 3.27 years) participated.Behavioral responses were assessed to determine their sensitivity to pain stimuli.Electrocardiogram, electrodermal activity, photoplethysmogram, respiration,and finger temperature (FT) were measured, and 12 features were extractedfrom these signals.Results: Social pain induced increased heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC)and decreased blood volume pulse (BVP), pulse transit time (PTT), respirationrate (RR), and FT, suggesting a heterogeneous pattern of sympathetic–parasympathetic coactivation. Moreover, physical pain induced increased heartrate variability (HRV) and SC, decreased BVP and PTT, and resulted in no changein FT, indicating sympathetic-adrenal-medullary activation and peripheralvasoconstriction.Conclusion: These results suggest that changes in HR, HRV indices, RR, and FTcan serve as markers for differentiating physiological responses to social andphysical pain stimuli.
- KSP Keywords
- Behavioral responses, Blood volume pulse(BVP), Electrodermal Activity, Mean age, Nervous system, Neural Activity, Physical pain, Physiological responses, Pulse transit time, Sensitivity to, Skin conductance
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