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Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation
Objective: Humans interpret sensory inputs based on actual stimuli and expectations of the stimuli. We investigated whether manipulating information related to the physiological response could change the somatosensory experience of acupuncture. Methods: Twenty-four participants received tactile stim...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30809115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00074 |
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author | Song, Hyun-Seo Jung, Won-Mo Lee, Ye-Seul Yoo, Seung-Woo Chae, Younbyoung |
author_facet | Song, Hyun-Seo Jung, Won-Mo Lee, Ye-Seul Yoo, Seung-Woo Chae, Younbyoung |
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description | Objective: Humans interpret sensory inputs based on actual stimuli and expectations of the stimuli. We investigated whether manipulating information related to the physiological response could change the somatosensory experience of acupuncture. Methods: Twenty-four participants received tactile stimulations with a von Frey filament on the left arm. Participants were informed that they would receive acupuncture stimulations at different angles while they were presented with changes in their peripheral blood flow (PBF) measured with Laser Doppler perfusion imaging. However, in reality, they were observing premade pseudo-biosignal images (six sessions: one circular, two rectangular elongated, two diagonally elongated, and one cross-fixation [control] shape). After each session, the participants reported the intensity and location of the de qi sensations perceived on their arm using a bodily sensation mapping tool. The spatial patterns of the somatic sensations were visualized using statistical parametric mapping. The F1 score was calculated to measure the similarity between the presented pseudo-biosignals and reported de qi response images. Results: The spatial configurations of the presented pseudo-biosignal images and de qi response images were similar. The rectangular elongated pseudo-biosignal shape had a significantly higher F1 score compared to the control. All tactile stimulations produced similar levels of enhanced PBF regardless of the pseudo-biosignal shape. Conclusion: The spatial configurations of somatic sensations changed according to the presented pseudo-biosignal shape, suggesting that expectations of the physiological response to acupuncture stimulation can influence the perceived somatic sensation. |
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spelling | pubmed-63793312019-02-26 Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation Song, Hyun-Seo Jung, Won-Mo Lee, Ye-Seul Yoo, Seung-Woo Chae, Younbyoung Front Neurosci Neuroscience Objective: Humans interpret sensory inputs based on actual stimuli and expectations of the stimuli. We investigated whether manipulating information related to the physiological response could change the somatosensory experience of acupuncture. Methods: Twenty-four participants received tactile stimulations with a von Frey filament on the left arm. Participants were informed that they would receive acupuncture stimulations at different angles while they were presented with changes in their peripheral blood flow (PBF) measured with Laser Doppler perfusion imaging. However, in reality, they were observing premade pseudo-biosignal images (six sessions: one circular, two rectangular elongated, two diagonally elongated, and one cross-fixation [control] shape). After each session, the participants reported the intensity and location of the de qi sensations perceived on their arm using a bodily sensation mapping tool. The spatial patterns of the somatic sensations were visualized using statistical parametric mapping. The F1 score was calculated to measure the similarity between the presented pseudo-biosignals and reported de qi response images. Results: The spatial configurations of the presented pseudo-biosignal images and de qi response images were similar. The rectangular elongated pseudo-biosignal shape had a significantly higher F1 score compared to the control. All tactile stimulations produced similar levels of enhanced PBF regardless of the pseudo-biosignal shape. Conclusion: The spatial configurations of somatic sensations changed according to the presented pseudo-biosignal shape, suggesting that expectations of the physiological response to acupuncture stimulation can influence the perceived somatic sensation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6379331/ /pubmed/30809115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00074 Text en Copyright © 2019 Song, Jung, Lee, Yoo and Chae. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Song, Hyun-Seo Jung, Won-Mo Lee, Ye-Seul Yoo, Seung-Woo Chae, Younbyoung Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title | Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title_full | Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title_fullStr | Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title_full_unstemmed | Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title_short | Expectations of the Physiological Responses Can Change the Somatosensory Experience for Acupuncture Stimulation |
title_sort | expectations of the physiological responses can change the somatosensory experience for acupuncture stimulation |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30809115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00074 |
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