The smile of pain

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-275

  Kunz, Miriam ^a,b   Prkachin, Kenneth ^c   Lautenbacher, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facial expression of pain; Pain communication; Smile

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; SMILING;

EID: 69649102004     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.009     Document Type: Review

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