Attention to the body in nonclinical somatoform dissociation depends on emotional state

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-257

  Brown, Richard J ^a   Danquah, Adam N ^a   Miles, Eleanor ^a   Holmes, Emily ^b   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional bias; Cue target task; Medically unexplained symptoms; Pseudoneurological symptoms; Trauma film paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 77955664464     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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