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  2. Pain empathy - Wikipedia

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    A painful facial expression is one way in which the experience of pain is communicated from one individual to another. One study measured test subjects' brain activity and facial muscle activity when they watched video clips of a variety of facial expressions including neutral emotion, joy, fear, and pain.

  3. Sadomasochism - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1761). The word sadomasochism is a portmanteau of the words sadism and masochism. [3] These terms originate from the names of two authors whose works explored situations in which individuals experienced or inflicted pain or humiliation.

  4. Mindfulness-based pain management - Wikipedia

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    Mindfulness-based pain management (MBPM) is a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) providing specific applications for people living with chronic pain and illness. [1] [2] Adapting the core concepts and practices of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), MBPM includes a distinctive emphasis on the practice of 'loving-kindness', and has been ...

  5. Mindfulness-based stress reduction - Wikipedia

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    In one study, the long-term impact of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) treatment extended to two months after the intervention was completed. [50] Research suggests mindfulness training improves focus, attention, and ability to work under stress. [51] [52] [53] Mindfulness may also have potential benefits for cardiovascular ...

  6. Jon Kabat-Zinn - Wikipedia

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    Kabat-Zinn was born in New York City in 1944 as the oldest of three children to Elvin Kabat, a biomedical scientist, and Sally Kabat, a painter.He graduated from Haverford College in 1964 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1971 from MIT, where he studied under Salvador Luria, Nobel Laureate in medicine.

  7. Compassion - Wikipedia

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    Karuna, another word for compassion in Hindu philosophy, means placing one's mind in other's favor, thereby seeking to understand the best way to help alleviate their suffering through an act of karuna (compassion). Anukampa, yet another word for compassion, refers to one's state after one has observed and understood the pain and suffering in ...

  8. Stress management - Wikipedia

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    For instance, one study demonstrated that engaging in casual video games effectively decreased psychological and physiological stress levels among students, with comparable benefits to stress-relieving meditation. When utilized with appropriate time management, video gaming can serve as a viable stress-relief strategy for college students. [74]

  9. Desensitization (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Desensitization (from Latin "de-" meaning "removal" and "sensus" meaning "feeling" or "perception") is a psychology term related to a treatment or process that diminishes emotional responsiveness to a negative or aversive stimulus after repeated exposure.