The interruptive effect of pain in a multitask environment: An experimental investigation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-138

  Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri M L ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a   Eccleston, Christopher ^b   Liefooghe, Baptist ^a   Van Damme, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention; Pain; pain anticipation; task interference; task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856408842     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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