Modulation of pain threshold by virtual body ownership

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1040-1048

  Martini, Matteo ^a,b   Perez Marcos, D ^a,b   Sanchez Vives, M V ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OWNERSHIP; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903944650     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2014.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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