Illusory touch and tactile perception in somatoform dissociators

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Brown, Richard J ^a   Brunt, Natalie ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a   Lloyd, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissociative disorders; Medically unexplained symptoms; Perception; Signal detection theory; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION TASK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE; TOUCH;

EID: 77955660974     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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