Visual distortion of body size modulates pain perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Mancini, Flavia ^a,b   Longo, Matthew R ^a,c   Kammers, Marjolein P M ^a   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesia; body representation; multisensory integration; pain; somatosensory perception; vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954476676     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611398496     Document Type: Article

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