{
  "id": 1982102,
  "title": "Distinct contributions of post-traumatic stress and working memory to affective and sensory dimensions of chronic pain, with pain modulation as a shared mechanism.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/distinct-contributions-of-post-traumatic-stress-and-working-memory-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744859v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chronic pain is highly heterogeneous, with individuals varying substantially in symptoms. pain severity, disability, affective distress, cognitive functioning, and trauma-related symptoms. This study examined whether working memory, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), trauma exposure, and pain modulation explain distinct or shared dimensions of chronic pain variability. Individuals with…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}