Gender effects in pain detection: Speed and accuracy in decoding female and male pain expressions

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 985.e1-985.e11

  Riva, Paolo ^a   Sacchi, Simona ^a   Montali, Lorenzo ^a   Frigerio, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotional expressions; Face perception; Gender differences; Implicit measures; Pain expressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 80053571301     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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