Illusions in the thermo-nociceptive system

Project Information

IllusoryPain

Grant agreement ID: 948838

DOI

10.3030/948838

EC signature date 28 October 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 918,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 918,00

Coordinated by

AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Denmark

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

It is one or the other: No overlap between healthy individuals perceiving thermal grill illusion or paradoxical heat sensation

Author(s): Ellen Lund Schaldemose, Line Raaschou-Nielsen, Rebecca Astrid Böhme, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Francesca Fardo
Published in: Neuroscience Letters, Issue Volume 802, 1 April 2023, 2023, Page(s) 137169, ISSN 0304-3940
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137169

The heart rate discrimination task: A psychophysical method to estimate the accuracy and precision of interoceptive beliefs

Author(s): Nicolas Legrand; Niia Nikolova; Camile Correa; Malthe Brændholt; Anna Stuckert; Nanna Kildahl; Melina Vejlø; Francesca Fardo; Micah Allen
Published in: Biological Psychology, 2022, ISSN 0301-0511
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108239

The respiratory resistance sensitivity task: An automated method for quantifying respiratory interoception and metacognition

Author(s): Niia Nikolova, Olivia Harrison, Sophie Toohey, Malthe Brændholt, Nicolas Legrand, Camile Correa, MelinaVejlø, Martin Snejbjerg Jensen, Francesca Fardo, MicahAllen
Published in: Biological Psychology, 2022, ISSN 0301-0511
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108325

Thermal Contrast Enhancement Predicts Paradoxical Heat Sensation

Author(s): Alexandra G. Mitchell, Jesper Fischer Ehmsen, Małgorzata Basińska, Arthur S. Courtin, Rebecca A. Böhme, Camila Sardeto Deolindo, Micah G. Allen, Kristian Sandberg, Francesca Fardo
Published in: Communications Psychology, Issue Vol. 2, No. 37, 2025, ISSN 2731-9121
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.23.554435

IMI2-PainCare-BioPain-RCT1: study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, multi-center trial in healthy subjects to investigate the effects of lacosamide, pregabalin, and tapentadol on biomarkers of pain processing observed by peripheral nerve excitability testing (NET)

Author(s): Zahra Nochi, Hossein Pia, Petra Bloms-Funke, Irmgard Boesl, Ombretta Caspani, Sonya C. Chapman, Francesca Fardo, Bernd Genser, Marcus Goetz, Anna V. Kostenko, Caterina Leone, Thomas Li, André Mouraux, Bernhard Pelz, Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Andreas Schilder, Erik Schnetter, Karin Schubart, Alexandre Stouffs, Irene Tracey, Iñaki F. Troconiz, Andrea Truini, Johannes Van Niel, Jose Miguel Vela, Katy V
Published in: Trials, 2022, ISSN 1745-6215
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06087-1

When cooling of the skin is perceived as warmth: Enhanced paradoxical heat sensation by pre-cooling of the skin in healthy individuals

Author(s): Ellen L. Schaldemose; Niels T. Andersen; Nanna B. Finnerup; Francesca Fardo
Published in: Temperature, 2022, ISSN 2332-8959
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2022.2088028

Development and external validation of multivariable risk models to predict incident and resolved neuropathic pain: a DOLORisk Dundee study

Author(s): Harry L. Hébert, Abirami Veluchamy, Georgios Baskozos, Francesca Fardo, Dimitri Van Ryckeghem, Ewan R. Pearson, Lesley A. Colvin, Geert Crombez, David L. H. Bennett, Weihua Meng, Colin N. A. Palmer & Blair H. Smith
Published in: Journal of Neurology, Issue Volume 270 Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 1076-1094, ISSN 0340-5354
Publisher: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-022-11478-0

Paradoxical heat sensation as a manifestation of thermal hypesthesia: a study of 1090 patients with lesions of the somatosensory system

Author(s): Vollert, Jan; Fardo, Francesca; Attal, Nadine; Baron, Ralf; Bouhassira, Didier; Enax-Krumova, Elena K.; Freynhagen, Raineri; Hansson, Perk; Jensen, Troels S.; Kersebaum, Dilara; Maier, Christoph; Pogatzki-Zahn, Esther; Rice, Andrew S.C.; Sachau, Juliane; Schaldemose, Ellen L.; Segerdahl, Märta; Sendel, Manon; Tölle, Thomas R.; Finnerup, Nanna B.; Treede, Rolf-Detlef
Published in: Pain, Issue August 11 2023, 2023, Page(s) NA, ISSN 0304-3959
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003014

No evidence for a link between mental health symptoms and pain thresholds

Author(s): Rebecca Astrid Böhme, Leah Banellis, Melina Vejlø, Micah G. Allen, Francesca Fardo
Published in: Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 2025, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 1061-5806
Publisher: Brunner - Routledge (US)
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2025.2534858

Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain

Author(s): Jesper Fischer Ehmsen, Niia Nikolova, Daniel Elmstrøm Christensen, Leah Banellis, Rebecca A. Böhme, Malthe Brændholt, Arthur S. Courtin, Camilla E. Krænge, Alexandra G. Mitchell, Camila Sardeto Deolindo, Christian Holm Steenkjær, Melina Vejlø, Christoph Mathys, Micah G. Allen, Francesca Fardo
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq0261

Assessing Individual Sensitivity to the Thermal Grill Illusion: A Two-Dimensional Adaptive Psychophysical Approach

Author(s): Camila Sardeto Deolindo, Jesper Fischer Ehmsen, Arthur S. Courtin, Alexandra G. Mitchell, Camilla E. Kraenge, Niia Nikolova, Micah G. Allen, Francesca Fardo
Published in: The Journal of Pain, Issue Volume 27, Article 104732, 2024, ISSN 1526-5900
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.14.585017

The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making

Author(s): Malthe Brændholt, Niia Nikolova, Melina Vejlø, Leah Banellis, Francesca Fardo, Daniel S. Kluger, Micah Allen
Published in: PLOS Computational Biology, Issue 21, 2025, Page(s) e1013086, ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013086

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Disentangling the spinal mechanisms of illusory heat and burning sensations in the Thermal Grill Illusion

Author(s): Alexandra G. Mitchell, Jesper Fischer Ehmsen, Daniel Elmstrøm Christensen, Anna Villaume Stuckert, Patrick Haggard, Francesca Fardo
Published in: Pain, Issue Volume 165, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) Volume 165, Issue 10, ISSN 0304-3959
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.24.554485