Hemispheric activation, affective judgments, and pain perception

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1993, Pages 186-194

  Otto, Michael W ^a   Yeo, Ronald A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional processing; Hemispheric activation; Laterality; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0027362523     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288692     Document Type: Article

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