Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports

BACKGROUND: Contextual factors, including the gender of researchers, influence experimental and patient pain reports. It is currently not known how social stimuli influence pain percepts, nor which types of sensory modalities of communication, such as auditory, visual or olfactory cues associated wi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacob M Vigil, Daniel Torres, Alexander Wolff, Katy Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/815056
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849306360320098304
author Jacob M Vigil
Daniel Torres
Alexander Wolff
Katy Hughes
author_facet Jacob M Vigil
Daniel Torres
Alexander Wolff
Katy Hughes
author_sort Jacob M Vigil
collection DOAJ
description BACKGROUND: Contextual factors, including the gender of researchers, influence experimental and patient pain reports. It is currently not known how social stimuli influence pain percepts, nor which types of sensory modalities of communication, such as auditory, visual or olfactory cues associated with person perception and gender processing, produce these effects.
format Article
id doaj-art-2edae665787f4243a5e55b9851446f62
institution Kabale University
issn 1203-6765
language English
publishDate 2014-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Pain Research and Management
spelling doaj-art-2edae665787f4243a5e55b9851446f622025-08-20T03:55:07ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652014-01-01194e103e10810.1155/2014/815056Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain ReportsJacob M Vigil0Daniel Torres1Alexander Wolff2Katy Hughes3University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USAUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USAUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USAUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USABACKGROUND: Contextual factors, including the gender of researchers, influence experimental and patient pain reports. It is currently not known how social stimuli influence pain percepts, nor which types of sensory modalities of communication, such as auditory, visual or olfactory cues associated with person perception and gender processing, produce these effects.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/815056
spellingShingle Jacob M Vigil
Daniel Torres
Alexander Wolff
Katy Hughes
Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
Pain Research and Management
title Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
title_full Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
title_fullStr Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
title_full_unstemmed Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
title_short Exposure to Virtual Social Stimuli Modulates Subjective Pain Reports
title_sort exposure to virtual social stimuli modulates subjective pain reports
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/815056
work_keys_str_mv AT jacobmvigil exposuretovirtualsocialstimulimodulatessubjectivepainreports
AT danieltorres exposuretovirtualsocialstimulimodulatessubjectivepainreports
AT alexanderwolff exposuretovirtualsocialstimulimodulatessubjectivepainreports
AT katyhughes exposuretovirtualsocialstimulimodulatessubjectivepainreports