Effects of pain experience on fixed perceived effort motor tasks

Whilst, perceptions of effort have received increasing attention, the perception of pain has received much less attention despite its inherent role during voluntary activities such as exercise. Pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage”. As such, pain is a regular feature of many voluntary tasks that humans undertake. Importantly, there are many crossovers in the underlying ways in which pain and effort perceptions are generated. However, the small number who have investigated the influences of perception of pain on perception of effort, have failed to properly assess pain and effort responses. Therefore, this project will aim to conduct a study which properly assesses the pain and effort phenomena during a voluntary physical task.
The work will factor into the candidate’s doctoral studies and Viva Voce preparation, the host supervisors current NSERC Discovery grant, and the home supervisors research portfolios and future grant applications for collaboration.

Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Pageaux

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Partner:

University of Kent

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

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