Don't miss Michael Sullivan at the Music4Pain webinar: explore the challenges and issues of experimental vs. clinical pain in research
The Music4Pain Research Network aims to transform the mechanistic understanding of music for pain reduction by creating a roadmap for advancing knowledge, facilitating multidisciplinary collaborations and supporting innovative research.
To date, most mechanistic research studies on the hypoalgesic effects of music have used experimentally induced pain. While the use of experimental pain has important methodological advantages, questions arise about the generalizability of mechanisms identified in healthy volunteers to clinical populations, such as chronic pain sufferers. For this reason, the Music4Pain webinar will address the advantages, disadvantages and challenges of using experimental versus clinical pain in mechanistic research.
Michael Sullivan, Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University; Scientific Director, Centre for Research on Pain, Disability and Social Integration; and member of the QPRN, will be one of the guests at this webinar animated by Pierre Rainville, Professor at the Faculty of Dentisty of the University of Montreal. The webinar took place on Wednesday March 26, 2025, and the theme was ‘Experimental pain versus clinical pain in mechanistic research’.
