The Journal of Pain
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 279-294 , October 2001

Sensory and affective dimensions of phasic pain are indistinguishable in the self-report and psychophysiology of normal laboratory subjects

  • C.Richard Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Yoshio Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington
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  • Gary W. Donaldson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
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  • Robert C. Jacobson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington
    • Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
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  • David H. Bradshaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington
    • Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
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  • Leticia Flores

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington
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  • Christopher N. Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington

Received 28 August 2000 ,Revised 30 October 2000 ,Accepted 30 January 2001.

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☆ Supported by a grant to C.R.C. from the National Cancer Institute, CA 74249.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to C. Richard Chapman, PhD, Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 615 Arapeen Dr, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84108.

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doi: 10.1054/jpai.2001.25529

The Journal of Pain
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 279-294 , October 2001

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