Attentional bias toward pictorial representations of pain in individuals with chronic headache

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Schoth, Daniel E ^a   Liossi, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Chronic pain; Headache; Visual probe paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77249118807     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181bed0f9     Document Type: Article

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