The Influence of Executive Functioning on Facial and Subjective Pain Responses in Older Adults

Cognitive decline is known to reduce reliability of subjective pain reports. Although facial expressions of pain are generally considered to be less affected by this decline, empirical support for this assumption is sparse. The present study therefore examined how cognitive functioning relates to fa...

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Main Authors: Joukje M. Oosterman, Juliane Traxler, Miriam Kunz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1984827