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Overview

John G. McHaffie is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Psychology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The scientist's recent work includes the paper titled "Attention to breath sensations does not engage endogenous opioids to reduce pain", published in 2020 in the journal Pain. This publication has received 31 citations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John G. McHaffie include:

  • Rebecca Erwin Wells
  • J. Jason Collier
  • Grace Posey
  • Afrayem Morgan
  • Timothy Auman

John G. McHaffie's work has primarily appeared in the publication venue Pain.

The main topics of their research cover:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Best Publications

  • The subjective experience of pain: Where expectations become reality

    Tetsuo Koyama;John G. McHaffie;Paul J. Laurienti;Robert C. Coghill

  • Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Modulation of Pain by Mindfulness Meditation

    Fadel Zeidan;Katherine T. Martucci;Robert A. Kraft;Nakia S. Gordon

  • Neural correlates of interindividual differences in the subjective experience of pain

    Robert C. Coghill;John G. McHaffie;Ye-Fen Yen

  • Subcortical loops through the basal ganglia.

    John G. McHaffie;Terrence R. Stanford;Barry E. Stein;Véronique Coizet

  • Mindfulness Meditation-Based Pain Relief Employs Different Neural Mechanisms Than Placebo and Sham Mindfulness Meditation-Induced Analgesia.

    Fadel Zeidan;Nichole M. Emerson;Suzan R. Farris;Jenna N. Ray

  • Mindfulness meditation-related pain relief: evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain.

    F. Zeidan;Joshua Grant;C. A. Brown;J. G. McHaffie

  • Spatial summation of heat-induced pain: influence of stimulus area and spatial separation of stimuli on perceived pain sensation intensity and unpleasantness.

    Donald D. Price;John G. McHAFFIE;Michelle A. Larson

  • Neural Correlates of Mindfulness Meditation-Related Anxiety Relief

    Fadel Zeidan;Katherine T. Martucci;Robert A. Kraft;John G. McHaffie

  • Two visual corticotectal systems in cat

    K. Ogasawara;J. G. McHaffie;B. E. Stein

  • Eye movements evoked by electrical stimulation in the superior colliculus of rats and hamsters.

    John G. McHaffie;Barry E. Stein

  • Opposing basal ganglia processes shape midbrain visuomotor activity bilaterally

    Huai Jiang;Barry E. Stein;John G. McHaffie

  • Effects of heterotopic conditioning stimuli on first and second pain: A psychophysical evaluation in humans

    Donald D. Price;John G. McHaffie

  • The contribution of the putamen to sensory aspects of pain: insights from structural connectivity and brain lesions

    Christopher J. Starr;Lumy Sawaki;George F. Wittenberg;George F. Wittenberg;Jonathan H. Burdette

  • Mindfulness-Meditation-Based Pain Relief Is Not Mediated by Endogenous Opioids

    Fadel Zeidan;Adrienne L. Adler-Neal;Rebecca E. Wells;Emily Stagnaro

  • Brain Mechanisms Supporting Spatial Discrimination of Pain

    Yoshitetsu Oshiro;Alexandre S. Quevedo;John G. McHaffie;Robert A. Kraft

  • Brain Mechanisms Supporting Discrimination of Sensory Features of Pain: A New Model

    Yoshitetsu Oshiro;Alexandre S. Quevedo;John G. McHaffie;Robert A. Kraft

  • The organization of trigeminotectal and trigeminothalamic neurons in rodents : a double-labeling study with fluorescent dyes.

    Laura L. Bruce;John G. McHaffie;Barry E. Stein

  • Interactions between the Midbrain Superior Colliculus and the Basal Ganglia

    Peter Redgrave;Veronique Coizet;Veronique Coizet;Eliane Comoli;Eliane Comoli;John G. McHaffie

  • Nociceptive neurons in rat superior colliculus: response properties, topography, and functional implications

    J. G. Mchaffie;Chang-Qing Kao;B. E. Stein

  • A direct projection from superior colliculus to substantia nigra pars compacta in the cat.

    John Mchaffie;Huai Jiang;Paul May;Véronique Coizet

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry E. Stein
Barry E. Stein Wake Forest University
Robert C. Coghill
Robert C. Coghill Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peter Redgrave
Peter Redgrave University of Sheffield
Donald D. Price
Donald D. Price University of Florida
Terrence R. Stanford
Terrence R. Stanford Wake Forest University
Paul G. Overton
Paul G. Overton University of Sheffield
George F. Wittenberg
George F. Wittenberg University of Pittsburgh
Paul J. May
Paul J. May University of Mississippi Medical Center
Paul J. Laurienti
Paul J. Laurienti Wake Forest University
Mark T. Wallace
Mark T. Wallace Vanderbilt University

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