Operant conditioning of the pain experience

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 883-900

  Lousberg, R ^a   Groenman, N H ^a   Schmidt, A J M ^b   Gielen, A A C M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL;

EID: 0030330720     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.83.3.883     Document Type: Article

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