Tor Wager
Neuroscientist and Director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, known for brain-imaging research on pain, placebo effects, and how thoughts and emotions influence bodily pain.
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Sep 13, 2018 • 44min
Episode 102 | Dr. Tor Wager, PhD: Pain And The Neuroscience Of Nociception
Dr. Tor Wager, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory, studies brain mechanisms of pain and placebo. He discusses brain models that track pain, the neurologic pain signature, differences between evoked and chronic pain, fibromyalgia hypersensitivity, pain as learned neuroplasticity, and how exposure and emotion-shaping treatments can reverse sensitization.
Aug 23, 2017 • 45min
What a Pain in the Brain! (Neuroscientist Tor Wager, PhD)
Dr. Tor Wager, a renowned neuroscientist and director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at CU Boulder, takes us on a mind-bending journey exploring the link between thoughts and physical pain. He reveals how placebo effects can dramatically alter pain perception, even triggering the brain's natural painkillers. With anecdotes from rock climbing, he illustrates how environmental context can suppress pain responses. Plus, he discusses the importance of positive engagement and growth mindsets in managing chronic pain. Tor’s insights truly highlight the incredible power of the mindbody connection.
