The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 9 , Pages 904-909 , September 2010

High Levels of Vicarious Exposure Bias Pain Judgments

  • Kenneth M. Prkachin

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kenneth M. Prkachin, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9.
    • ,
  • Elizabete M. Rocha

Received 29 June 2009 ,Revised 25 November 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

PII: S1526-5900(10)00022-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.12.015

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 9 , Pages 904-909 , September 2010

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