Automatic and strategic processing of threat cues in patients with chronic pain: A modified Stroop evaluation

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-154

  Snider, Bonnie S ^a,b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a,b,c   Wiese, Kay C ^a  

^a REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c Clin R and D Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain Information processing; Modified Stroop test; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; THREAT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034043236     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200006000-00008     Document Type: Article

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