Pain-Related and Negative Semantic Priming Enhances Perceived Pain Intensity
BACKGROUND: Negative affective and pain-related cues, such as pictures or words, have been shown to act as primes and enhance the perceived intensity of subsequent painful events. For pain-related semantic primes, it remains unclear whether this effect depends on negative valence itself or, specific...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Pain Research and Management |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/425321 |