How language shapes pain perception: a narrative review of semantic framing and verbal suggestion
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Giulia Leonardi # 1 ,
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This narrative review examines how language influences pain perception through semantic framing, verbal suggestion, expectation, and interpersonal communication. It synthesizes contemporary research showing that pain is not purely a sensory experience but is shaped by cognitive, emotional, and contextual factors, with language playing a central modulatory role.
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Among these modulators, language appears to play a central role in shaping pain perception through semantic framing, verbal suggestion, expectation, and interpersonal communication.
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