Indirect acquisition of pain-related fear: an experimental study of observational learning using coloured cold metal bars.

<h4>Background</h4>Previous research has demonstrated that pain-related fear can be acquired through observation of another's pain behaviour during an encounter with a painful stimulus. The results of two experimental studies were presented, each with a different pain stimulus, of w...

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Main Authors: Kim Helsen, Johan W S Vlaeyen, Liesbet Goubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117236