Beautiful faces in pain: Biases and accuracy in the perception of pain

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-420

  Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a,b   McMurtry, Bruce ^c   Craig, Kenneth D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Pain; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030556347     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608400268     Document Type: Article

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