Misremembering pain: Memory bias for pain words in women reporting sexual pain

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1369-1377

  Thaler, Lea ^a   Meana, Marta ^a   Lanti, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Dypsareunia; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Memory; Pain with Intercourse; Sexual Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL BIAS; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65149088150     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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