Multidimensional Scaling Reveals Two Dimensions of Thermal Pain

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 103-107

  Clark, W Crawford ^a,b   Carroll, J Douglas ^c   Yang, Joseph C ^b   Janal, Malvin N ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEAT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODEL; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; HEAT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022669627     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.12.1.103     Document Type: Article

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