Brain-computer interfaces for monitoring pain, fatigue, chronic disease and everyday well-being

Pain, fatigue, and chronic disease represent some of the most prevalent and debilitating challenges in modern healthcare, yet their subjective and fluctuating nature makes them notoriously difficult to objectively assess and monitor. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a promising avenue for bridging this gap, enabling the continuous, non-invasive monitoring of neural and physiological correlates associated with these conditions. BCIs have the potential to transform how we understand, manage, and respond to pain, fatigue, and chronic illness in both clinical and everyday settings.This Research Topic invites contributions exploring the application of BCI technology for the objective monitoring and management of pain, fatigue, chronic disease, and everyday well-being. We invite submissions covering, but not limited to, the following themes:• Neural biomarkers of acute and chronic pain detectable via EEG, fNIRS, or other non-invasive modalities• BCI systems for real-time monitoring of fatigue in healthy and clinical populations • BCI applications in chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, cancer-related fatigue, and long COVID• Machine learning and signal processing approaches for decoding pain and fatigue-related brain states• Closed-loop BCI systems for adaptive pain or fatigue management• Neurofeedback interventions targeting pain perception• Wearable and ambulatory BCI systems for monitoring well-being in daily life• Ethical, privacy, and data security considerations in continuous neural monitoring• Identification of quantitative biomarkers of central fatigue from brain signals• Studies demonstrating the ‘mind over matter’ effect where brain activity changes can be related to improved task performance despite underlying pain and fatigue in healthy subjects or ones with chronic disease.  • Passive BCI systems for objective evaluation and longitudinal monitoring of well-being based on neural and physiological signals Topic editors: George Alexandrakis, Pietro Aricò Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80192/brain-computer-interfaces-for-monitoring-pain-fatigue-chronic-disease-and-everyday-well-being