Exploring attentional disruption in fibromyalgia using the attentional blink

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 915-929

  Harker, K Troy ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^b   Dick, Bruce ^a   Verrier, Michelle J ^a   Rashiq, Saifudin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional disruption; Chronic pain; Clinical sample; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051646628     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2010.525639     Document Type: Article

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