Development of a paradigm for measuring somatic disturbance in clinical populations with medically unexplained symptoms

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-24

  Lloyd, Donna M ^a   Mason, Liam ^a   Brown, Richard J ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medically unexplained symptoms; Signal detection theory; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37349047433     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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