Clinical pain, abstraction, and self-control: being in pain makes it harder to see the forest for the trees and is associated with lower self-control

Helena Gunnarsson,1,2 Jens Agerström1 1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden; 2Helsa Vårdcentral, Osby, Sweden Objectives: Although abstract thinking is a fundamental dimension of human cognition, it has...

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Main Authors: Gunnarsson H, Agerström J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Pain Research
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/clinical-pain-abstraction-and-self-control-being-in-pain-makes-it-hard-peer-reviewed-article-JPR