Exploring the Phenomenology of Memory for Pain: Is Previously Experienced Acute Pain Consciously Remembered or Simply Known?

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 467-475

  Terry, Rohini ^a   Brodie, Eric E ^b   Niven, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

McGill Pain Questionnaire; memory; Pain; pain measurement; remember know

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249711863     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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