The effects of experimenter status and cardiovascular reactivity on pain reports

Pain

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-269

  Campbell, Tavis S ^a   Holder, Mark D ^b   France, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Experimenter bias; Experimenter status; Pain; Pain tolerance; Pain unpleasantness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TEACHER;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 33750737078     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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