# Brain activity predicts fear of pain

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/brain-activity-predicts-fear-of-pain/1460>\
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**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/brain-activity-predicts-fear-of-pain/1460 "2018-12-27T22:47:40Z")\
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> **[Brain activity predicts fear of pain: Neuroscientific approach may help...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181225162802.htm)**
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> Researchers applied a machine learning technique that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on questionnaires used to assess a patient's fear of pain. This neuroscientific approach may help...

  
Researchers applied a machine learning technique that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on questionnaires used to assess a patient’s fear of pain. This neuroscientific approach may help reconcile self-reported emotions and their neural underpinnings.