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Amélie Van Caekenberghe

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Name
Amélie
Last name
Van Caekenberghe
Degree
PhD candidate in Biomedical Science
Language
French (native), English (native), Dutch (B1), Italian (A1)
Biography

 

As a PhD candidate at the Pain Research Lab (UCLouvain) awarded from the National Fund for Scientific

Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), I investigate the neurophysiology of the human nociceptive system. My

research focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which hypnoanalgesia— the reduction of pain

using hypnosis— influences pain perception and nociception. Using psychophysics and

neurophysiology, I aim to demonstrate the capacity of hypnoanalgesia to modulate the flow of sensory

information in the brain by selectively altering responses to pain stimuli applied to the hypnotically

targeted body region. To this end, I developed an expertise in electroencephalography (EEG),

particularly event-related potentials (ERPs) evoked by somatosensory input, as well as skills in human

nociceptive system stimulation using thermal stimuli. Supervisor: Prof. Valéry Legrain.

Location
Bruxelles, Belgique
location_lat
50.84770289999999
location_lng
4.357200100000001
Publications
Publications

Van Caekenberghe A, Bougry C, Herbillon G, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Rainville P, Watremez C, Legrain, V.

Investigating pain perception during focused hypnotic analgesia: local and remote effects.

(In revision)

Van Caekenberghe A, Bougry C, Dubuc C, Herbillon G, Vanhaudenhuyse A, Rainville P, Watremez C,

Legrain V. Investigating nociceptive neural responses during focused hypnotic analgesia.

(In preparation)

Contact
Website
http://www.f54db463750940e0e7f7630fe327845e-gdprlock/in/amelie-vc
Presentations/ teachings
Qualifications

Oral presentations:

10/2025: “Investigating hypnoanalgesia using electrophysiology: A narrative review of the literature”,

Hypnosis Research Summit HRS (Budapest, Hungary).

04/2024: “Investigating pain perception under focused hypnotic analgesia: local and remote effects”,

Young Researcher’s day (UCLouvain, Brussels).

04/2022: “Investigating the impact of spatial conflict on the crossed-hands analgesia phenomenon”

,

Young Researcher’s day (UCLouvain, Brussels).

05/2020: “Is facing pain effortful? A multidisciplinary approach to investigate the effects of pain on

perception of effort and performance”, Scientific days CAREC-CRIUGM (Université de Montréal,

Canada).

Posters:

04/2025: “Investigating nociceptive neural responses under focused hypnotic analgesia”

, 14th Congress

of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Lyon, France).

09/2023: “Investigating pain perception under focused hypnotic analgesia: local and remote effects”

,

13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Budapest, Hungary).

04/2022: “Investigating the impact of spatial conflict on the crossed-hands analgesia phenomenon”

,

12th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Dublin, Ireland).

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