You can see pain in the eye: Pupillometry as an index of pain intensity under different luminance conditions

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-175

  Höfle, Marion ^a   Kenntner Mabiala, Ramona ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared video eye tracking; Luminance; Pressure pain; Pupil dilation; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749101921     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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