Aulenkamp J, Pawlik R, Guddat C, Engler H, Kleine-Borgmann J, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2026). Unraveling nocebo effects in visceral pain: negative suggestion and adverse treatment experience uniquely shape visceral pain unpleasantness. Pain, 167(3), 606-617. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003827
Robert Jan Pawlik
Dr. rer. nat.
Medical Psychology, Affective Neuroscience
Methods and research interests
- Learning and memory processes in the context of pain
- Influence of inflammation on learning and memory processes
- Placebo and nocebo effects in the context of pain
Recent publications
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Pertz M, Penack T, Pawlik R, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2026). Pain modality shapes empathy: Amplified empathic responses for visceral compared to somatic pain. J Pain, 39, 105631. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105631
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Wessels J, Pawlik R, Foerster C, Erlenwein J, Benson S, Sondermann W, Elsenbruch S, Aulenkamp J (2026). Understanding and leveraging placebo and nocebo effects in perioperative care: a cross-sectional survey of German-speaking anesthesiologists. BMC Anesthesiol, 26(1), 70. doi: 10.1186/s12871-025-03579-w
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Kincses B, Forkmann K, Schlitt F, Jan Pawlik R, Schmidt K, Timmann D, Elsenbruch S, Wiech K, Bingel U, Spisak T (2024). An externally validated resting-state brain connectivity signature of pain-related learning. Commun Biol, 7(1), 875. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06574-y
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Draganova R, Hartanto G, Pawlik R, Aulenkamp J, Elsenbruch S (2024). Sex differences in the reactivity of gastric myoelectrical activity and heart rate variability as putative psychophysiological markers in human pain research. Front Neurosci, 18, 1502752. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1502752
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Letzner S, Güntürkün O, Lor S, Pawlik R, Manns M (2017). Visuospatial attention in the lateralised brain of pigeons - a matter of ontogenetic light experiences. Sci Rep, 7(1), 15547. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15796-6