The neurobiological underpinnings of coping with pain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Edwards, Robert R ^a,b   Campbell, Claudia ^b   Jamison, Robert N ^a   Wiech, Katja ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Cognitive; Coping; Neurobiological; Pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949179973     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01643.x     Document Type: Article

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