Neuropsychology of migraine and phantom limb pain

这项研究的目的是开发神经心理学测试来评估偏头痛患者和幻肢疼痛患者的疼痛和其他感觉和知觉。我们还试图识别引起或重现他们疼痛的视觉刺激，并开发出从心理学角度缓解他们疼痛的技术。我们的研究表明，偏头痛患者对亮度对比度高度敏感，特别是在自然场景中具有特定的空间频率。我们的研究还表明，使用彩色滤光片可能有助于他们阅读。对于一位30多年前左上肢截肢的患者来说，镜片疗法很有效，他的左臂从近端到远端恢复了“感觉的鲜活”。

The purpose of the study was to develop neuropsychological tests to evaluate pain, and other sensation and perception, in migraine patients and patients with phantom limb pain. We also tried to identify visual stimuli which cause or relive their pain, and develop techniques to relieve their pain from psychological approaches. Our study suggested that migraine patients are hypersensitive to luminance contrast, especially with certain spatial frequencies in natural scenes. Our study also showed that the use of colored filters may help their reading. Mirror therapy was effective in a patient whose upper left limb was amputated more than 30 years ago, and his "vividness of sensation" in his left arm recovered from proximal to distal.