Seeing and identifying with a virtual body decreases pain perception

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 874-879

  Hänsel, Alexander ^a   Lenggenhager, Bigna ^b   Von Känel, Roland ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a   Blanke, Olaf ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Out of body experience; Pain perception; Self location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF CONCEPT; TOUCH PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052339385     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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