Variability of momentary pain predicts recall of weekly pain: A consequence of the peak (or salience) memory heuristic

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1340-1346

  Stone, Arthur A ^a   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Broderick, Joan E ^a   Shiffman, Saul S ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

EMA; Pain; Peak end; Recall; Salience heuristic

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26444446990     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205275615     Document Type: Review

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