Robert C. Coghill, PhD
Fadel Zeidan, PhD
Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: fzeidan@wakehealth.edu
Education
| 2009 | Experimental Health Psychology, PhD |
| | University of North Carolina-Charlotte |
Research
My research interests focus on determining the brain mechanisms that mediate the relationship between self-regulatory processes and health.
I am currently employing neuroimaging methodologies to investigate brain mechanisms a) supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation and other cognitive techniques and b) associated with processing the relationship between expectations, beliefs, and executive-level cognitive processes on the subjective experience of pain.
Other ongoing research projects include assessing the brain regions involved in meditation-related anxiety relief and other health outcomes.
Selected Publications
Zeidan, F. & Coghill, R.C. (2012). Functional connections between self-referential thought and chronic pain: A dysfunctional relationship, Pain, Epub ahead of print.
Zeidan, F., Grant, J.A., Brown, C.A., McHaffie, J.G., and Coghill, R.C. (2012). Mindfulness meditation-related pain relief: Evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain. Neuroscience Letters 520(2), 165-173.
Zeidan, F., Martucci, K.T., Kraft, R.A., Gordon, N.S., McHaffie, J.G., and Coghill, R.C. (2011). Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. The Journal of Neuroscience 31(14), 5540-5548.