Area of research
Pharmacology · Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interest
In 2015, he received a prestigious Methusalem structural research funding from the Flemish Government (Belgium) for the research program “ Asthenes: from acute aversive sensations to chronic bodily symptoms ”. He serves as Councilor of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) since October 2022.
Measurement instruments of pain-related avoidance in chronic pain: a systematic review of psychometric properties.
The precarious use of group data to understand individual processes in pain science.
From the lab to the clinic: Advancing pain exposure using principles of functional analysis.
A Network Analysis of Fear-Avoidance Beliefs, Mood and Disability in Chronic Pain
The Influence of Negative Expectancies on Itch-related Avoidance Behavior.
The “future” pain clinician: Competencies needed to provide psychologically informed care
Single-case experimental designs: the importance of randomization and replication
Expectancies and avoidance: Towards an integrated model of chronic somatic symptoms
Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in individuals with chronic pain.
Wearable sensor data for chronic pain: moving forward.
Motivational impact, self-reported fear, avoidance, and harm perception of shoulder movements pictures in people with chronic shoulder pain
Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer in Individuals with Chronic Pain
Reply to Cohen et al. (2024): Conditioned pain: fact or fiction?
A randomized controlled trial of graded exposure treatment (GET living) for adolescents with chronic pain
The effect of high versus low cognitive load on the development of nociceptive hypersensitivity: The roles of sympathetic arousal, sex and pain-related fear.
What Are the Mechanisms of Action of Cognitive–Behavioral, Mind–Body, and Exercise-based Interventions for Pain and Disability in People With Chronic Primary Musculoskeletal Pain?
Review article: exclude or expose? The paradox of conceptually opposite treatments for irritable bowel syndrome
The influence of a manipulation of threat on experimentally-induced secondary hyperalgesia.
Development, evaluation and implementation of a digital behavioural health treatment for chronic pain: study protocol of the multiphase DAHLIA project.
Chronic primary pain in the COVID-19 pandemic: how uncertainty and stress impact on functioning and suffering.
Towards a dynamic account of chronic pain.
Error Processing and Pain: A New Perspective.
Effect of slow, deep breathing on visceral pain perception and its underlying psychophysiological mechanisms.
The exploration-exploitation dilemma in pain: an experimental investigation.
Pain by mistake: investigating a link between error-related negativity and pain avoidance behavior.
The role of intolerance of uncertainty when solving the exploration-exploitation dilemma
The role of intolerance of uncertainty when solving the exploration-exploitation dilemma
Establishment of an International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs