The role of gender in the interaction between self-pain and the perception of pain in others

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 695-703

  Coll, Michel Pierre ^a,b   Budell, Lesley ^c,d   Rainville, Pierre ^c,d   Decety, Jean ^e   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

empathy; gender; Pain perception; shared representation; threat value of pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862999060     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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