The neurobiology of virtual reality pain attenuation

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 536-544

  Gold, Jeffrey I ^a,b   Belmont, Katharine A ^b   Thomas, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34548267666     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9993     Document Type: Article

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