Time-course of attentional bias for pain-related cues in chronic daily headache sufferers

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 963-969

  Liossi, Christina ^a   Schoth, Daniel E ^a   Bradley, Brendan P ^a   Mogg, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Chronic pain; Headaches; Visual probe paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349232655     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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