Pressure pain thresholds asymmetry in left-and right-handers: Associations with behavioural measures of cerebral laterality

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Pauli, Paul ^a   Wiedemann, Georg ^a   Nickola, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; EMOTION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033001808     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eujp.1999.0108     Document Type: Article

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