The role of working memory in the attentional control of pain

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-459

  Legrain, Valéry ^a,b   Crombez, Geert ^a   Verhoeven, Katrien ^a   Mouraux, André ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Distraction; Executive functions; Selective attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651480886     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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