Operant conditioning of facial displays of pain

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-431

  Kunz, Miriam ^a,b   Rainville, Pierre ^b   Lautenbacher, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronic pain; experimental pain; facial expression of pain; facial feedback; operant learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE REINFORCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACE MUSCLE; FACE PAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAT STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONTROL GROUPS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958087885     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318218db3e     Document Type: Article

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