Empathy for pain: The effects of prior experience and sex

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1311-1319

  Preis, M A ^a   Kroener Herwig, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872792285     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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