Electronic Gaming as Pain Distraction
The current study investigated whether active distraction reduces participants’ experience of pain more than passive distraction during a cold pressor task. In the first experiment, 60 participants were asked to submerge their hand in cold (2°C) water for as long as they could tolerate. They did thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Pain Research and Management |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/856014 |