Atypical electrophysiological activity during pain observation in amputees who experience synaesthetic pain

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-368

  Fitzgibbon, Bernadette M ^a,b   Enticott, Peter G ^b   Giummarra, Melita J ^a   Thomson, Richard H ^b   Georgiou karistianis, Nellie ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Monash University and the Alfred Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Empathy for pain; Phantom pain; Synaesthesia for pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PHANTOM LIMB; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84858691336     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr016     Document Type: Article

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