Neuroscientist studying how mindfulness, compassion, psychedelics & placebo modulate pain Executive Director @UCSDmindfulness - opinions are my own-naturally
Mar 26, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Our latest work published in @PAINthejournal: Attention to Breath Sensations Reduces Pain Independent of Endogenous Opioids.
We dissected components of mindfulness meditation by randomizing folks to a #mindfulness#meditation, sham-mindfulness, + slow-paced breathing group 1/n
This was a double-blinded, randomized crossover designed study where subjects received IV naloxone or placebo-saline during noxious heat (49°C) to determine which aspect of mindfulness (if any) engages endogenous opioids to reduce pain. 2/n
