We discount the pain of others when pain has no medical explanation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1198-1205

  De Ruddere, Lies ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a   Vervoort, Tine ^a   Prkachin, Kenneth Martin ^b   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

medical evidence; observer responses; Pain; psychosocial influences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; VIGNETTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870238787     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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