Laboratory Personnel Gender and Cold Pressor Apparatus Affect Subjective Pain Reports

BACKGROUND: There is no standardized method for cold pressor pain tasks across experiments. Temperature, apparatus and aspects of experimenters vary widely among studies. It is well known that experimental pain tolerance is influenced by setting as well as the sex of the experimenter. It is not know...

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Main Authors: Jacob M Vigil, Lauren N Rowell, Joe Alcock, Randy Maestes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/213950
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spelling doaj-ce23d9c7e3e441729a93f6fa46575a422020-11-24T23:50:17ZengHindawi LimitedPain Research and Management1203-67652014-01-01191e13e1810.1155/2014/213950Laboratory Personnel Gender and Cold Pressor Apparatus Affect Subjective Pain ReportsJacob M Vigil0Lauren N Rowell1Joe Alcock2Randy Maestes3Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USADepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USADepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USADepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USABACKGROUND: There is no standardized method for cold pressor pain tasks across experiments. Temperature, apparatus and aspects of experimenters vary widely among studies. It is well known that experimental pain tolerance is influenced by setting as well as the sex of the experimenter. It is not known whether other contextual factors influence experimental pain reporting.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/213950
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title_short Laboratory Personnel Gender and Cold Pressor Apparatus Affect Subjective Pain Reports
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title_fullStr Laboratory Personnel Gender and Cold Pressor Apparatus Affect Subjective Pain Reports
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description BACKGROUND: There is no standardized method for cold pressor pain tasks across experiments. Temperature, apparatus and aspects of experimenters vary widely among studies. It is well known that experimental pain tolerance is influenced by setting as well as the sex of the experimenter. It is not known whether other contextual factors influence experimental pain reporting.
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