Attentional bias to pain-related information: A meta-analysis

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 497-510

  Crombez, Geert ^a   Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri M L ^a   Eccleston, Christopher ^b   Van Damme, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Fear; Meta analysis; Pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEAR; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875434622     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.11.013     Document Type: Review

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