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Meaning in Music-Based Pain Modulation

United States50 participantsStarted 2025-10-25

Plain-language summary

The overall goal of this project is to examine the impact of music's meaning on pain. Relationships between trait affect, meaning in life, and subjective qualities of meaningful music will be assessed. We will also conduct interviews with a subset of participants to determine which aspects of music are most meaningful and how this meaning increases or decreases pain sensations.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18-65 years old * Absence of acute or chronic pain * Normal hearing (either naturally or with assistance of hearing device) * Must be able to wear an EEG * Able to sign consent Exclusion Criteria: * \< 18 or \> 65 years old * Presence of acute pain (brief pain inventory score \> 3) * Pregnant women * Participant reports that they experience pain on more days than not in the past 6 months (i.e., chronic

What they're measuring

Pain Unpleasantness

Timeframe: Baseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention

Pain Intensity

Timeframe: Baseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07036315

SponsorUniversity of Virginia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-06-15

Contact for this trial

Claudia Denoue, MD

4342436744 TTC8WZ@uvahealth.org

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