Distraction tasks that place continuous, high demand on executive resources have been shown to reduce pain intensity and pain unpleasantness ratings in some healthy adult samples. We examined the effects of a high-demand ‘working memory’ 1-back task compared to a low-demand ‘motor control’ task on pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings in healthy children. Additionally, dispositional mindfulness was examined to explore the mechanisms of distraction on the affective processing of pain.

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认知负荷和注意力分散对儿童急性疼痛的有效性

在一些健康的成人样本中，对执行资源提出持续、高要求的分心任务已被证明可以降低疼痛强度和疼痛不愉快等级。我们检查了高要求的“工作记忆”1-back 任务与低要求的“运动控制”任务对健康儿童疼痛强度和不愉快等级的影响。此外，还检查了性格正念以探索注意力分散对疼痛情感处理的机制。