Is pain a human universal? A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective on pain

Emotion Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-317

  Wierzbicka, Anna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical psychology; cross cultural perspective; cross linguistic perspective; emotions; miscommunication; NSM techniques; pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863601369     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912439761     Document Type: Review

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