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Flavia Mancini


This is me, Flavia, neuroscientist based in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology, at University College London. I investigate how the human brain encodes and responds to pain. I am especially interested in understanding whether and how these processes are determined by past experience.

For years, I have used radiant-heat stimuli, generated with fast-rising lasers, as an experimental model of acute pain in humans. Laser pulses selectively stimulate neurons in the skin that sense heat and elicit painful sensations. I then use behavioural and neurophysiological measures (EEG, fMRI) to investigate how the brain responds to painful stimuli. My research is funded by the EFIC-Gruenenthal and by the Wellcome Trust.

My cv is here. Contact: f.mancini AT ucl.ac.uk

Recent studies

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Touch inhibits subcortical and cortical nociceptive responses

Touch can be analgesic, by gating the ascending nociceptive input before it reaches the cortex

Oct 16, 15
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Poor judgment of distance between nociceptive stimuli

Spatial acuity and distance judgment are dissociated in the nociceptive system

Jul 05, 15
Mapping spatial acuity for pain

Whole-body mapping spatial acuity for pain and touch

How well do we localise noxious stimuli on our body?

Jun 16, 14
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Pain relief by touch: a quantitative approach

Touch reduces acute pain – the closer the tactile and noxious stimuli the stronger is the analgesia

Mar 16, 14

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