Rumination and interoceptive accuracy predict the occurrence of the thermal grill illusion of pain

BMC Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Scheuren, Raymonde ^a   Sütterlin, Stefan ^b,c,d   Anton, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 84969300894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7283-2-22     Document Type: Article

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