Spatiotemporal Thalamocortical Alterations Underlie Experimental and Chronic Pain

Inclusion Criteria: * Meet the MRI / EEG screening criteria * Fluent in English Exclusion Criteria: * Current or history of major medical, neurological, or psychiatric illness based on self-report * History of cardiac, respiratory, or nervous system disease that, in the investigator's judgment, precludes participation in the study because of a heightened potential for adverse outcome (for example: asthma or claustrophobia) * History of head trauma * Pregnant or lactating * Presence of any contraindications to MRI scanning (for example: cardiac pacemaker, metal implants, claustrophobia, pregnancy, cannot lie still in fMRI scanner) * Conditions making study participation difficult (e.g., paralysis, psychoses, or other severe psychological problems as per the judgment of a study investigator during Session 1) * Active substance abuse disorders (based on subject self-report)