Pain-related attentional biases: The importance of the personal relevance and ecological validity of stimuli

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 625-632

  Dear, Blake F ^a,c   Sharpe, Louise ^b   Nicholas, Michael K ^b   Refshauge, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; chronic pain; dot probe; selective attention; stimulus selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79958177254     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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