Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
BACKGROUND: Contextual factors, including the gender of researchers, influence experimental and patient pain reports. It is currently not known how social stimuli influence pain percepts, nor which types of sensory modalities of communication, such as auditory, visual or olfactory cues associated wi...
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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/10.1155/2014/815056 |